GOOD MORNING. WE WILL BEGIN
TODAY'S ASSEMBLY BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING ON HIGHER
EDUCATION. TODAY IS THE DAY
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM AND
THEIR BUDGET PROPOSALS. UM AS,
UH, WE KNOW WE ARE HERE IN ROOM.
UM 447 JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT
THAT WILL LIKELY TAKE A BREAK
BETWEEN NOON AND 1 30 FOR OUR
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS, SO DEPENDING
ON THE FLOW, THERE MAY BE PUBLIC
COMMENTS BEFORE OR THAT WE HAVE
TO. WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL AFTER
THE LUNCH BREAK. UM SO AGAIN, WE
WILL DISCUSS THE YOU SEE IN THIS
YEAR S YOU TODAY TO PRETTY MUCH
STATUS QUO. BUDGETS. UM EXCEPT
FOR THE SIGNIFICANT 5% INCREASE
FOR EACH SEGMENT, WHICH IS PART
OF THE GOVERNOR'S PLEDGED TO
EACH SYSTEM ALONG WITH, UM
PERFORMANCE METRICS WILL
CERTAINLY GET INTO, UM AS FAR AS
SOME OF THE OVERALL TOP ISSUES
OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE IN THE
ASSEMBLY FOR THE PAST DECADE
ACCESS TO THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS
THAT CSU AND UC WE HAVE SOME
GOOD NEWS AND SOME AND SOME BAD
NEWS. THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT ONE
OF OUR TOP PRIORITIES FOR èC
OVER THE YEARS IS, UH INCREASING
RESIDENTS ENROLLMENT FOR
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS. WE HAD A
MULTIYEAR REQUEST AND AUTHOR
LEGISLATION AND IT WAS, YOU
KNOW, KIND OF A BATTLE, BUT WE
CAME TO AN ACCORD. FOUR OR FIVE
YEARS AGO. UM AND WE'VE SINCE
NOW MADE THAT EVEN MORE
BENEFICIAL FOR CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS, SO WE HAD A DECREASE
IN THE NUMBER OF NONRESIDENT
STUDENTS BY 1000 PART OF OUR
QUEST THERE AND ADDING 1700,
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS IN THEIR
PLACE. THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS
THAT WE ARE NOW COMMITTED WITH
THE ADMINISTRATION TO HAVE AN
ANNUAL AMOUNT OF ENROLLMENT
GROWTH. AND PRIOR IS WE HAD A
BATTLE EVERY YEAR TO PUT MONEY
IN THERE FOR ENROLLMENT GROWTH.
NOW IT'S KIND OF DEFACTO FLOOR
AND AGAIN. WE SEE IT AS A FLOOR
OF POTENTIALLY WE CAN GO ABOVE
THAT. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE THE
POSITIVE NEWS. THE UNFORTUNATE
NEWS IS THAT, UM, WE HEARD FROM
, UM PRESIDENT DRAKE THE LAST
MONTH DURING AN OVERVIEW HEARING
. THE èC WASN'T QUITE AS
SUCCESSFUL AS INCREASING FULL
TIME EQUIVALENT STUDENTS, EVEN
THOUGH THEY WERE ADMITTED. IN
LARGE PART, YOU KNOW, HE MADE
THE POINT THAT JUST BASED ON THE
COURSE LOAD AND THE FTE NUMBERS
EVEN OFF BY A FRACTION DID HAVE
AN IMPACT HAVING OVER 1000 FEWER
STUDENTS AT THE U. C. UM WE WANT
TO HEAR ABOUT UPDATE ON THAT AND
HOW WE CAN NOT HAVE THAT HAPPEN
AGAIN SO WE CAN ESSENTIALLY GET
MORE CALIFORNIANS QUALIFIED
CALIFORNIANS INTO THE INTO THE
U. C SYSTEM WILL ALSO BE
DISCUSSING OTHER èC ISSUES,
INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL TO DELAY SOME CAPITAL.
PROJECTS. AND UH, THE IDEA TO
HAVE U C L A ADOPT NEW TRANSFER
PROGRAMS. WE'VE ALWAYS ALREADY
DISCUSSED THIS. I THINK THERE IS
A BETTER WAY TO GO ABOUT THIS,
MAKING IT èC WIDE, BUT MORE
IMPORTANTLY, HAVING A SEAMLESS
TRANSFER SYSTEM FOR STUDENTS TO
GO TO EITHER YOU SEE OR CSU IF
THEIR COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
AND WISH TO TRANSFER LASTLY, FOR
CSU, WHERE YOU ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT THE DROP OF ENROLLMENT,
CSU MR. ENROLLMENT BY THOUSANDS
OF FULL TIME STUDENTS AND LOOK
FORWARD TO HEARING FROM CSU AS
FAR AS HOW THEY INTEND TO GROW
IN THE FUTURE, AND WE'LL GET
UPDATE ON THE HUMBLED CAMPUS AND
THERE ONE TIME MONEY WE GAVE
THEM IN 2021 WITH THAT, LET'S
GET GOING WITH OUR AGENDA ISSUE
NUMBER ONE THE UNIVERSITY,
CALIFORNIA ENROLLMENTS. POINT. I
ACTUALLY HAVE. WHAT IS IT? OKAY,
PERSON HERE. IT'S MY WIFE. OKAY
I GOT TO SEE YEAH. AND SO. OKAY
WE WILL START WITH DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. L. A. OH AND THEN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. GOOD
MORNING CHAIR AND MEMBERS
GABRIELA CHAVEZ, WHETHER
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IS
SUSPECTED TO ENROLL 292,800.
STUDENTS IN 2023 24, OF WHICH
237,800. WILL BE CALIFORNIA'S
RESIDENTS SYSTEM Y TUITION AND
FEES FOR UNDERGRADUATE RESIDENTS
WILL BE 13,752. AND ALTHOUGH THE
UNIVERSITY IS STILL EXPERIENCES
THE AFTERMATH OF THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC, WHICH INCLUDES LOWER
RATES OF TRANSFER STUDENTS IN
ROMAN SUMMARY ROMAN DECLINE IN
THE STUDENTS ENROLLING FRAMEWORK
UNITS, WHICH THEN LOWERS THE
COUNT TOWARDS ENROLLMENT ON AN
FTE BASIS. BEING ON A PLAN TO
INCREASE IN ROMAN GROWTH. AND WE
REMAIN CONFIDENT THAT THE èC
WILL ACHIEVE THE COMPACT GOALS
FOLLOWING CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
SEGMENTS. WE BELIEVE THE USES
WORKING IN GOOD FAITH TO ACHIEVE
THESE GOALS. THE ADMINISTRATION
IS CLOSELY MONITORING
ENROLLMENT. AND IT EXPECTS THE
èC TO GROW RESIDENTS UNDERGRAD
ID AND ROMAN BY 1% AS INDICATED
BY THE MULTIYEAR COMPACT. HAPPY
TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY.
THANK YOU, LEO. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. MR CHAIR MEMBERS INCLINED
WITH THE LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S
OFFICE. OUR COMMENTS ON
ENROLLMENT BEGIN ON PAGE SEVEN
OF YOUR AGENDA, AND WE HAVE A
FEW COMMENTS HERE AND
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL GO
THROUGH BRIEFLY. THE FIRST OF
WHICH IS WE ARE GOING TO
RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE
ADOPTED BUDGET SOLUTION RELATED
TO LOWER THAN ANTICIPATED
RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT GROWTH. THE 22 23
BUDGET ACTS SPECIFIED THAT YOU
SEE WAS TO GROW UNDERGRADUATE
RESIDENT ENROLLMENT BY CERTAIN
AMOUNT BY 2023 24, OF WHICH 51.5
MILLION WAS PROVIDED FOR THEM TO
ACCOMPLISH THIS GOAL. BUDGET
BILL LANGUAGE ALSO SPECIFIED
THAT IF YOU SEE DID NOT HIT THIS
TARGET BY 23 24. 23 24 THAT
FUNDING COULD BE REDUCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH WHAT THE ACTUAL
ENROLLMENT LEVEL TURNED OUT TO
BE. YOU SEE, IT HAS IDENTIFIED
THAT IT IS NOT GOING TO BE
HITTING THIS ENROLLMENT TARGET,
AND AS SUCH, WE HAVE CALCULATED
THAT DIFFERENCE THEY WERE
PROVIDED 51.5 MILLION TO ACHIEVE
THIS GOAL TO BE ROUGHLY 8.6
MILLION THAT COULD BE SAVED IF
WE WERE TO ALIGN THAT FUNDING.
WITH THE ACTUAL ENROLLMENT
AMOUNT. F THE LEGISLATURE WISHES
TO GO FURTHER. IT COULD ALSO
REDUCE THAT FUNDING THE 51.5
MILLION COMPLETELY AS YOU SEE,
DOES NOT ANTICIPATE IT WILL
ENROLL THESE STUDENTS IN THE 23
24 YEAR. THERE ARE FUTURE
CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO èC
ENROLLMENT. THIS CONCERNS HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES
DECLINING AS WELL AS MIXED
RESULTS WITH RESPECT TO TRANSFER
AND RETENTION OF STUDENTS. GIVEN
THIS UNCERTAINTY. WE RECOMMEND
THAT THE LEGISLATURE SPECIFY THE
LEVEL OF GROWTH FOR 24 25. AH IT
CAN'T CURRENTLY BE DONE FOR THE
23 24 CYCLE AS ADMISSION
PACKAGES ARE ALREADY BEING
PRODUCED OVER THE 24 24 CYCLE IS
THE FIRST CYCLE UPCOMING CYCLE
WHERE THE LEGISLATURE COULD
INFLUENCE THIS LEVEL OF
ENROLLMENT. AND SETTING
ENROLLMENT EXPECTATIONS. YOU
SEE, UH, THE LEGISLATURE COULD
USE UCS PLANNED ENROLLMENT
GROWTH AS SHOWN ON PAGE SIX OF
YOUR AGENDA. OR COULD ADOPT A
HIGHER OR LOWER LEVEL THAN THAT.
WITH RESPECT TO NONRESIDENT
ENROLLMENT AT U C L, A SAN DIEGO
AND THE BERKELEY CAMPUS. WE
RECOMMEND YOU APPROVED THE $30
MILLION GENERAL FUND
AUGMENTATION. YOU SEE IS LIKELY
TO MEET THE 22 23 LEVEL. AND
THIS ACTION IS CONSISTENT WITH
STATE LAW AND RECENT BUDGET
ACTIONS. WITH RESPECT TO
GRADUATE ENROLMENT. THE COMPACT
IDENTIFIES THAT YOU SEE IS TO
GROW GRADUATE ENROLMENT BY 2500
STUDENTS BY 2026 2027. TYPICALLY
GRADUATE ENROLMENT IS BASED OFF
OF WORKFORCE NEEDS IN THE STATES
. UH THE LEGISLATURE COULD SET A
TARGET FOR 2024 25 IF THERE ARE
SPECIFIC WORKFORCE PRIORITIES OR
THE CURRENT APPROACH COULD STILL
WORK IF THERE ARE NO CURRENT
PRIORITIES. HOWEVER WE DO
RECOMMEND THAT THE LEGISLATURE
SEEK BETTER INFORMATION ABOUT
HOW YOU SEE WILL COVER THE
ANTICIPATED COST OF THE INCREASE
IN GRADUATE STUDENTS. AS THESE
STUDENTS TYPICALLY DON'T COVER
THEIR OPERATING COSTS. THIS
COULD FURTHER WORSEN UCS
OPERATING BUDGET SHORTFALL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH HAPPY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.
NEXT, LET'S HEAR FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. GOOD
MORNING, CHAIRMAN CARDIA MEMBERS
OF THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME HERE TODAY AND SAY
OVER TENANT FOR THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA. WE'RE THANKFUL TO
GOVERNOR NEWSOM FOR HIS
COMMITMENT TO THE COMPACT
EXPRESSED IN THE BUDGET
INTRODUCTION FOR THE UNIVERSITY
. WE REQUEST THAT THE
LEGISLATURE SUPPORT THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BUDGET FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. WE
ARE COMMITTED TO GROWING ACCESS
FOR CALIFORNIA STUDENTS. WE WANT
A HIGHLY EDUCATED WORKFORCE.
DUCK REFLECTS CALIFORNIA'S
POPULATION. WE RECOGNIZED THAT
ECONOMIC SECURITY AND
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY. ARE
CONNECTED AND THAT ACCESS TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA WILL
GIVE OUR FUTURE STUDENTS THE
CHANCE TO PURSUE EXCELLENCE
DURING THE LAST YEAR, WHEN THE
MAJORITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS SAW DECLINES IN
ENROLLMENT. OUR CALIFORNIA
UNDERGRADUATE HEADCOUNT
INCREASED BY ABOUT 1800 IN FALL
OF 2022 COMPARED TO FALL OF
2021. BUT OUR FTE DECLINES
LIGHTLY WHILE YOU SEE CAMPUSES
HAD INTENDED TO INCREASE STUDENT
FTE FOR THE CURRENT YEAR, YOU
SEE, ALONG WITH OTHER SEGMENTS
IS STILL EXPERIENCING EFFECTS
FROM THE PANDEMIC. PARTICULARLY
WHEN WE LOOK AT SUMMER
ENROLLMENT COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TRANSFERS COURSE, TAKING
ACTIVITY AND FIRST YEAR
RETENTION. FOR SUMMER OF 2022.
THAT IS THE LEADING QUARTER FOR
THE 2022 23 YEAR. WHILE SUMMER
ENROLLMENT WAS ABOVE THE PRE
PANDEMIC LEVELS. IT WAS STILL
LOWER THAN PRIOR YEAR, 2021 WHEN
STUDENTS HAD FEWER OPTIONS TO
WORK OR TRAVEL AND WERE MORE
LIKELY TO ENROLL IN SUMMER
SESSIONS. INCOMING TRANSFER
ENROLLEES ALSO DECLINED BY OVER
2000 STUDENTS FOR FALL OF 2022.
THIS DECLINE WAS DUE LARGELY TO
THE SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
DURING THE PANDEMIC, WHICH LED
TO FEWER STUDENTS APPLYING TO UC
AND CSU. AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA WILL ALSO SAW A
DECREASE IN THE COURSE OF
STUDENTS WERE TAKING ON AVERAGE.
DURING THE PANDEMIC
UNDERGRADUATES TOOK MORE COURSES
WHEN OFFERINGS WERE REMOTE, AND
THERE WERE LIMITED OPTIONS TO DO
ANYTHING ELSE. BECAUSE OF THAT
THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS DIDN'T
NEED TO TAKE AS MANY COURSES TO
COMPLETE A DEGREE. SO BETWEEN
2020 21 2021 22, THE AVERAGE
STUDENT CREDIT HOURS DROPPED
BETWEEN 0.3 AND 0.4 UNITS PER
QUARTER. WHILE THAT DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE MUCH SPREAD OVER NEARLY
200,000 STUDENTS THAT RESULTED
IN A DECLINE IN FT. FINALLY THE
UNIVERSITY HAS ALSO BEEN ABOUT
1% DECLINE AND BOTH FRESHMEN AND
TRANSFER RETENTION RATES. THE
CAMPUSES ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING
AT THE WIDEST DECLINE OCCURRED,
BUT WE ARE HEARING THAT SOME
PILL AND FIRST GENERATION
STUDENTS ARE HAVING TO STOP OUT
TO WORK AND CARE FOR FAMILY
MEMBERS AND CAMPUSES ARE
ACTIVELY TRYING TO SUPPORT THEM
TO RETURN TO COMPLETE THEIR
DEGREES. ALL THESE FACTORS
COMBINED, LET THE UNIVERSITY TO
HAVE FLAT FT ENROLLMENT WHEN WE
INITIALLY HAD PLANS TO GROW
LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE. THE
UNIVERSITY'S COMPACT WITH THE
GOVERNOR CALLS FOR A 1% INCREASE
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA'S UNDERGRADUATE
UNDERGRADUATES ANNUALLY FOR THE
NEXT FOUR YEARS. THIS IS IN
ADDITION TO THE BUDGET ACT OF
2022, CALIFORNIA UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT GROWTH OF 4730 FT
THAT THE LEGISLATURE ALREADY
FUNDED AND THE NONRESIDENT
STUDENTS REPLACEMENT AT BERKELEY
ALLAY IN SAN DIEGO. TOGETHER.
THESE PROPOSALS WITH
SIGNIFICANTLY GROW THE
UNIVERSITY'S ENROLLMENT OVER THE
NEXT YEAR. THE UNIVERSITY PLANS
TO INCREASE ENROLLMENT IN 2023
24 YEAR BY 4200, CALIFORNIA
UNDERGRADUATES, INCLUDING
NONRESIDENT REPLACEMENT CAMPUSES
ARE STARTING TO SEE IMPROVEMENTS
IN UNIT TAKING ACTIVITY THAT
COULD YIELD GREATER FTE AND WE
HAVE SEEN SOME IMPROVEMENT AND
TRANSFER FIRST YEAR RETENTION
RATES AND WE ARE WORKING WITH
CAMPUSES DO INCREASE SUMMER
OPPORTUNITIES AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE. WE ARE COMMITTED TO
ACHIEVING GROWTH TARGETS
ESTABLISHED IN THE BUDGET ACT OF
2022, ALTHOUGH DOING SO WILL
TAKE A BIT LONGER THAN
ANTICIPATED DUE TO THE PANDEMIC
RELATED CHALLENGES. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES 30
MILLION FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO
CONTINUE REPLACING NONRESIDENT
STUDENTS WITH CALIFORNIA
STUDENTS AT THE U. C. BERKELEY
YOU CLA AND UC SAN DIEGO
CAMPUSES. WE APPRECIATE THE
SPENDING OF THE LEGISLATURE'S
DIRECTIVE AND LOOK FORWARD TO
CONTINUING TO SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM
FOR INCREASING UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT. THE UNIVERSITY ALSO
HAS PLANS TO GROW GRADUATE
ENROLLMENT THROUGH THE COMPACT
WITH THE GOVERNOR AND USES 2030
CAPACITY PLAN. THE UNIVERSITY IS
ALSO REQUESTING 1.8 MILLION FOR
THE DDS ASPIRE PROGRAM, WHICH
WOULD PROVIDE THE KIND OF HIGHLY
SPECIALIZED OUTREACH AND
TRAINING TO DENTAL SCHOOL
STUDENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY
PROVIDE THE MEDICAL STUDENTS
THROUGH THE PRIME PROGRAM. THIS
PROGRAM WOULD ALLOW FOR THE
ADDITION OF 42 DENTAL STUDENTS
TO THE UC SAN FRANCISCO CAMPUS.
RECOGNIZING CALIFORNIA'S NEED TO
INCREASE ACCESS TO THE
UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT DRAKE
ESTABLISHED THE COUNCIL
CHANCELLORS WORKING GROUP TO
EXAMINE OPTIONS DO INCREASE
ENROLLMENT CAPACITY THROUGH
2030. THE 2030 CAPACITY PLAN
CALLS FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO
EXPAND CALIFORNIA UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT BY OVER 17,000,
CALIFORNIA UNDERGRADUATES BY
2030. HALF OF THIS GROWTH WILL
TAKE PLACE AT UC BERKELEY, UC LA
AND UC SAN DIEGO IN PART DUE TO
THE NONRESIDENT REPLACEMENT. UM
èC MERCED AND UC RIVERSIDE
WOULD ALSO GROW SIGNIFICANTLY IF
THEY CAN CONSTRUCT NEW CLASSROOM
SPACE TO EDUCATE THE INCOMING
STUDENTS UNIVERSITY. THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE GOVERNOR ARE
ALL ALIGNED IN OUR INTEREST TO
EXPAND ENROLLMENT OF èC. THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAN
GROW, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT THAT GROWTH TO
ADDRESS CALIFORNIA'S NEEDS. WE
ARE READY TO OPEN OUR DOORS TO
MORE STUDENTS IN A RESPONSIBLE
WAY, REFLECTING CALIFORNIA'S
POPULATION AND WORKFORCE DEMAND
. WE ALSO NEED FUNDING READY TO
SUPPORT THESE STUDENTS WHEN THEY
ARRIVE AND LOOK FOR LOOK TO THE
LEGISLATURE TO APPROVE THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BASED BUDGET
TO INCREASE THAT SUPPORT OF THE
23 24 PROPOSED ENROLLMENT
GROWTH. THANK YOU READY TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK
YOU. QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, MR ALVAREZ. GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU
FOR THE REPORT. UM PROBABLY HAVE
THE SAME QUESTIONS FOR BOTH
SYSTEMS. BUT, UM I'M JUST TRYING
TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THE
ENROLLMENT SITUATION IN THE 22
23. WE HAVE A LOWER THAN
EXPECTED ENROLLMENT AT THIS
POINT IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS
CORRECT, AND THE EXPECTED
ENROLLMENT WAS 200,000. THE WE
ANTICIPATED, ADDING ABOUT 2500
STUDENTS, FTE AND WHILE WE DID
GROW OUR HEADCOUNT BECAUSE OUR
STUDENTS WERE TAKING FEWER
COURSES, RFD ACTUALLY DROPPED.
TELL ME THE NUMBER AGAIN. YOU
WERE HOPING TO GROW BY 2588. AND
YOU REMAIN FLAT. THAT'S CORRECT,
SIR. THANK YOU. AH AND THEN. IN
THE CURRENT YEAR OR SORRY FOR
BUDGET YEAR 23 24. YOUR
ANTICIPATED ENROLLMENT. IS STILL
AT THE SAME LEVEL OF 21 22. UM
NO. WE ACTUALLY ARE HOPING TO
GROW BY 4200 FTE. SO YOU'RE
HOPING TO MAKE UP WHAT YOU
DIDN'T GAIN IN THE CURRENT YEAR
AND ALSO GROW THE ADDITIONAL 1%
YES, WE INTEND TO GROW BY THE
COMPACT AMOUNT TO DO THE 900
STUDENTS NONRESIDENT REPLACEMENT
AND THEN GROW BY A LITTLE BIT
ADDITIONAL. LET ME ASK THE
YELLOW BECAUSE THE REPORT SAYS
THAT YOUR EXPECTATION IS THAT
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GROW.
THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S BASED OFF
OF WHAT THEY HAD ALREADY
SUBMITTED TO, UH WHAT'S INCLUDED
IN THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL, AS
THEY HAD JUST MENTIONED THEY'RE
EXPECTING GROWTH OF 4200. WE
BELIEVE THAT THE COMPACT
IDENTIFIED THAT THERE WAS THE
4700 THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY
MENTIONED THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO
GROW FOR. THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE
COMPACT AND THERE WAS THE
COMPACT 1% GROWTH, WHICH WAS A
ROUGHLY 2000 FT AND THEN,
ADDITIONALLY THERE WAS THE 900
NONRESIDENT STUDENTS THAT WERE
TO BE REPLACED. SO THERE WAS
SORT OF THOSE THREE COMPONENTS
THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. AND IS
THAT HOW YOU CALCULATED THE 51.5
MILLION FROM CURRENT YEAR 22 23.
UM IN TERMS OF IN THE ENROLLMENT
GROWTH THAT DID NOT HAPPEN SO
THAT 51.5 COMES DIRECTLY FROM
THE BUDGET ACT. THEY WERE èC
WAS PROVIDED 51.5 MILLION TO
GROW. RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE
STUDENTS BY 47 30. OKAY? BY 23
24. UM. GIVEN THE NUMBER OF
REJECTIONS OF STUDENTS AT THE U.
C SYSTEM. WHY ARE WE NOT ABLE TO
FULLY ENROLLED TO THE EXPECTED
NUMBERS? THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, UM, ADMITS AS MANY
QUALIFIED STUDENTS AS WE ARE
ABLE TO, WE HAVE TO BALANCE OUR
ABILITY TO ADMIT STUDENTS WITH
THE CAMPUSES, UM, READINESS TO
HAVE FACULTY AND OTHER
INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF READY TO
TEACH COURSES AND SO EACH MAJOR
, UH, MAY HAVE DIFFERENT DEMAND
FOR IT. SO THERE ARE SOME MAJORS
TO WHICH STUDENTS WANT TO GO
MORE THAN OTHERS THAT MAY HAVE
HIGHER REJECTION RATES. BECAUSE
THEY HAVEN'T YET BEEN ABLE TO
HIRE FACULTY AND GROW THOSE
MAJORS. THEY ALSO NEED THE
CLASSROOM SPACE TO BE ABLE TO
INSTRUCT THE STUDENTS AND SO THE
CLOCK CAMPUSES DO TRY TO GROW
RESPONSIBLY. THEY ALSO LOOK AT
THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE STUDENT
HOUSING THAT THEY HAVE SO THAT
THEY CAN RESPONSIBLY RECEIVED
THOSE FRESHMEN APPLICANTS AND
TRANSFER APPLICANTS WHO WANT TO
COME TO THE CAMPUS. AND UM, THEY
DETERMINED THE AMOUNT OF
STUDENTS THEY THINK THEY CAN
TAKE. UM THEY MAKE MORE
ADMISSIONS OFFERS EXPECTING THAT
STUDENTS DON'T NECESSARILY TAKE
ALL THOSE ADMISSIONS OFFERS. AND
THEN THAT'S HOW THEY DETERMINE
UM THE ENROLLMENT LEVEL FOR THE
NEXT YEAR. I COMPLETELY
UNDERSTAND IT'S BOTH AN ART AND
A SCIENCE TO TRY AND DO THAT,
AND IT'S A CHALLENGING TASK. BUT
UM, AND NOW SEEMS LIKE IT'S AT
LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS OF, UM
LACK OF ENROLLMENT GROWTH, AND I
UNDERSTAND YOU'RE HOPING THAT
IT, UM YOU MAKE UP FOR IT. BUT
WHAT IS IT GONNA WHAT EXACTLY IS
GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE U. C TO
ENSURE THAT THE ENROLLMENT
GROWTH OCCURS? AND SINCE YOU'VE
ARE HAVE BEGUN THE ACCEPTANCE
PROCESS FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
WHAT ARE THE ACTIONS THAT ARE
BEING TAKEN? HOW ARE YOU
ANALYZING CLASSROOM SPACE
DESIRED MAJORS IN ALL OF THAT,
TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO GROW BY
THE EXPECTED GROWTH? THE
CAMPUSES HAVE CAREFULLY ANALYZED
. UM HOW MANY STUDENTS ARE GOING
TO BE GRADUATING? SO HOW MANY
STUDENTS CAN BE REPLACED AND
THEN IN THE GROWTH? THEY LOOK AT
THE AMOUNT OF FACULTY THAT THEY
HAVE AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO
TEACH THOSE COURSES AND HOW MUCH
THEY CAN STRETCH THOSE MAJORS
AND WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN
HIT THE 4200. STUDENT ENROLLMENT
LEVEL, BUT WE DON'T THINK THAT
WE CAN GO MUCH BEYOND THAT. SO
IF IT'S THE NUMBERS 4200 OF
GROWTH THIS YEAR, WHICH, UM,
SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT PERHAPS
DIFFERENT THAN WAS PRESENTED IN
THE AND THE BUDGET IN JANUARY AS
THE L A HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ANALYZE THAT AND WHAT THAT MEANS
IN TERMS OF OUR IN TERMS OF THE
POTENTIAL UNUTILIZED FUNDS FOR
ENROLLMENT GROWTH. YES JENNIFER
PATELLA LEDGE ANALYST OFFICE, SO
JUST TO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUE
SAID A MOMENT AGO IN 22 23.
THERE'S 51.5 MILLION NOT THE
STATE PROVIDED IN THE 22 23
BUDGET ACT, AND THERE'S NO
ADDITIONAL STUDENTS YOU SEE, HAS
JUST CONVEYED THAT THEY EXPECT A
SLIGHT DROP IN 22 23. SO THAT
COULD BE CONSIDERED. AN OPTION
FOR YOU IN 23 24. UM THEY'RE
SUGGESTING THEY CAN GROW 4200
STUDENTS. STATES ALREADY
PROVIDED THEM FUNDING FOR ABOUT
4700 STUDENTS. WE JUST LOOKED AT
THE DIFFERENTIAL BEING ABOUT 500
STUDENTS LESS THAN THAT TARGET.
THAT'S 8.6 MILLION. THAT'S
ANOTHER OPTION FOR YOU. YOU CAN
DO BOTH. YOU CAN TAKE THE
CURRENT YEAR OPTION OF 51.5
MILLION AND THE BUDGET YOUR
OPTION OF 8.6 MILLION AND THEN
YOU CAN MONITOR THE SITUATION IN
24 25. THE YEAR THAT THEY'RE
GOING TO BE PLANNING FOR YOU
COULD SEND A SIGNAL AS TO WHERE
YOU WANT THEM, AND THEN YOU CAN
MONITOR IF THEY GET THERE AND
PROVIDE SOME RESOURCES IN THE
BUDGET IN 24 25 TO FUND THOSE
STUDENTS ONCE THEY ONCE THEY'RE
THERE. SO IT'S CLEAR TO ME NOW
AND UNDERUTILIZED 51.5 MILLION
IN THE CURRENT YEAR. POTENTIALLY
8.6. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THESE
RESOURCES OF THIS AMOUNT AREN'T
UTILIZED FOR THE EXPECTED USED
FROM THE LEGISLATURE LIKE
ENROLLMENT GROWTH? DOES THAT GET
ABSORBED BY THE èC DOESN'T GET
RETURNED TO THE GENERAL FUND.
WHAT HAPPENS, SIR? THE BUDGET
ACT ALLOWED THE UNIVERSITY TO
SPEND THOSE FUNDS ON A ONE TIME
BASIS ON STUDENT ADVISING AND
OTHER STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES
ON OUR CAMPUSES TO TRY TO
RECOVER FROM THE PANDEMIC, SO
THEY WERE. WE USED THOSE FUNDS
FOR STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES ON
OUR CAMPUSES. WHEN WE DIDN'T
HAVE THE ENROLMENT. WE WERE ALSO
ALLOWED TO DO SOME PRE HIRING
FOR FACULTY. SO IT TAKES US
ABOUT A YEAR TO HIRE A FACULTY
MEMBER. AND WE WERE ALLOWED TO
PRE HIGHER IN ANTICIPATION OF
THOSE STUDENTS ARRIVING. SO
WHILE WE DIDN'T GET THE STUDENTS
, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT A STOP TO
THE DECLINE IN RETENTION RATES,
AND WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE SOME
FACULTY SO THAT WE ARE READY FOR
THOSE 4200 STUDENTS WHO WILL
ARRIVE NEXT FALL. AND SIR, IF I
MAY JUST REALLY QUICKLY, UM,
READ SOME STATISTICS FOR YOU.
SINCE UM 2017 TO U. C HAS ADDED
ABOUT 11,000, CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS STUDENTS, SO I JUST
WANTED TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU
KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING IN
SOME EFFORT TO GROW AND THE
LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN REALLY GOOD
ABOUT FUNDING THAT ENROLLMENT
GROWTH, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO
DO MORE STEADY ENROLLMENT
GROWTH. THANK YOU APPRECIATE
THAT. UM. I'D LIKE TO SEE MORE
INFORMATION AND MAYBE ASK THE L.
A LOOK AT THE 51.5 MILLION
EXPENDITURE. SINCE APPARENTLY
THERE WAS EXPENSES MADE, OR, UH,
PROGRAMS THAT WERE WHERE THE
FUNDING WAS UTILIZED THAT WOULD
BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE
THIS STANDS. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. YES AND MR MARTIN SOUCI
HAS SOME QUESTIONS, BUT MAY JUST
FOLLOW UP ON ON A NEW MR ALVAREZ
AND DESERT. THOSE ARE SOME OF
THE KEY ISSUES THAT THAT WE
STARTED ASKING THIS FALL BECAUSE
I THINK IF YOU FOLLOW THE
UNIVERSITY, AND I SAID THIS TO
PRESIDENT DRAKE, THERE'S TWO
STORIES THAT WE ALWAYS HEAR, UM
, READING THE L A TIMES THE
CHRONICLE THAT WHATEVER PAPER
RECORD NUMBERS OF QUALIFIED
STUDENTS APPLY THAT YOU SEE WITH
WAY HIGHER THAN THE FOUR POINT
OH GPA THAT'S STORY NUMBER ONE.
WITH A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER.
THE SAME STORY, UM, USING THE L
A TIMES BY TERESA WANTS A KNOBBY
COMES OUT AND SAYS RECORD NUMBER
OF CALIFORNIANS DENIED RIGHT.
AND SO THAT JUST IS INGRAINED IN
OUR HEADS, AND THAT'S THE ISSUE.
WHY WE DID THE OTHER ACTORS. I
MENTIONED THE AGENDA BECAUSE
IT'S ONE OF THE TOP THINGS WE
HEAR BACK HOME. SO JUST BEGS THE
QUESTION IF WE HAVE TOO FEW
STUDENTS ENROLLING AND WE'RE
REJECTING A RECORD NUMBER OF
QUALIFIED. WHY DON'T WE JUST PUT
SOME MORE OF THOSE QUALIFIED? ON
THE TOP AND A ROLE MORE
CALIFORNIA'S LIKE YOU KNOW,
PROBLEM SOLVED, BUT THE
PRESIDENT SAID, WELL, IT'S JUST
BECAUSE WE HAD THIS SLIGHT. DROP
IN THE FTE COUNTS. AND THAT'S
BECAUSE OF RIGHT OR REASONS AND
THE PANDEMIC SO WE DIDN'T DO
MORE AND IT'S LIKE ART AND
SCIENCE. BUT YOU KNOW, I GET
THAT THE KEY ISSUE HERE IS IT
WAS THAT A BLIP OR A TREND? IF
YOU'RE GOING TO FIX THAT, THE
NEXT YEAR? THAT'S FINE. WE LOST
THAT ONE YEAR AND WE'LL GO AND
DOUBLE UP NEXT YEAR IN A ROLE
EVEN MORE TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T
LOSE THAT CAPACITY FOR
CALIFORNIANS, BUT IF THAT'S AN
ONGOING TREND THEN YOU NEED TO
ADJUST ACCORDINGLY AND ENROLL
MORE. CALIFORNIANS OR ADMIT MORE
EXCEPT MORE CALIFORNIANS OUT OF
THE FIRST ROUND. SO DO WE HAVE
ANY MORE INFORMATION IN THE LAST
23 MONTHS SINCE WE FIRST STARTED
THIS ABOUT IS THIS A BLIP OR A
TREND? WE HAVE VERY LITTLE NEW
INFORMATION. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS
THAT OUR TRANSFER APPLICANTS
FELL AGAIN. UM SO THAT APPEARS
THAT THERE'S A BIT OF A TREND
THERE WERE NOW DOWN 15% IN
TRANSFER APPLICANTS OVER TWO
YEARS. UM AND THAT'S A
CONCERNING TREND, ESPECIALLY AS
CAMPUSES TRIED TO MAINTAIN 2 TO
1 THAT IS ADMITTING TO FRESHMAN
FOR EACH TRANSFER STUDENT AND,
UM AS TRANSFERS DECLINED, THE 2
TO 1 RATE CAN ACTUALLY BECOME A
CAP ON QUALIFIED FRESHMAN. UM WE
ARE ABOUT THE FRESHMAN. IS THAT
THE FDA IS THAT IS THAT
CHANGING? THE F D E. WE HAVE
SOME SOME PRELIMINARY,
POTENTIALLY POSITIVE NEWS THAT
WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT THAT
DURING WINTER QUARTER, WE MAY BE
SEEING A RETURN TO THE OLD FT
PATTERN OF STUDENTS TAKING MORE
COURSES AND WE'RE WE'RE UH,
CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. WELL HE
HEARS THE RIFT HERE, MAYBE
POSSIBLY CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC,
MAKES ME VERY UNEASY AND
CONFIDENT AT THE RESPONSE, SO I
THINK WE WOULD BE SUPER SUPER
DISAPPOINTED. AND I SAY THAT
LIGHTLY. IF WE CAME BACK A YEAR
FROM NOW WE HAVE THE SAME THING.
OOPS. WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH TAKE
AS WE COULD HAVE. AND THEN AT
THE SAME TIME, YOU KNOW TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF CALIFORNIANS FROM
ALL OF OUR DISTRICTS WITH 4.3 G
P A S I DIDN'T GET INTO THE USE
. EVEN OTHER PARENTS PAY TAXES,
AND THEY'RE READY TO GO SO WE
CAN'T HAVE. YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT IF WE HAD ALL IF
WE'RE AT ALL THINK THERE'S AN
ISSUE TO CHANGE THE SCIENCE AND
ACTUALLY ACCEPT MORE
CALIFORNIANS. MANY OF THOSE
STUDENTS CONSIDERED THEMSELVES
NOT GETTING INTO THE èC WHEN
THEY DON'T GET INTO THE èC OF
THEIR FIRST CHOICE, AND WE DO
HAVE, UM MANY STUDENTS WHO WANT
TO GO TO BERKELEY AND L. A AND
SAN DIEGO WHO ARE ELIGIBLE TO GO
TO OTHER CAMPUSES. BUT CHOOSE
NOT TO KNOW I GET THAT. BUT THE
NUMBERS ARE THE SAME AT THOSE
THREE MARQUEE CAMPUSES THAT SO
YOU COULD THAT DOESN'T REALLY
ANSWER IT. AND THAT'S THE
LOGICAL BECAUSE THE, UH, THE
SAME DROP ACROSS THE NINE
UNDERGRADUATES WIDE AND SO THE
SAME ISSUE IS THAT WHAT DRAKE
TOLD US IS THAT UCLA, BERKELEY
AND SAN DIEGO WHERE THE FT
COUNTS DON'T MATCH UP. SO YOU
HAVE UNDER ENROLLMENT. UM, BUT,
UM. I'LL JUST KEEP GOING. MY
OTHER QUESTIONS WILL COME TO YOU
IN A SECOND, MR MURATSUCHI SO.
SORRY IF I MAY. THERE WE DID
HAVE MORE HEADCOUNT OF STUDENTS
, AND SO THEY ARE TAKING UP
PHYSICAL SEATS IN THE CLASSROOMS
, AND WE DO HAVE TO HAVE FACULTY
TO TEACH THEM. UM THERE'S THIS
CONVERSION ISSUE BETWEEN HOW
MANY COURSES STUDENTS TAKE AND
HOW MANY OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY
PHYSICALLY ON THE CAMPUSES. SO
AS WE LET IN STUDENTS AND OUR
HEADCOUNT GROWS, WE ANTICIPATE
FTE TO GROW WITH IT. AND THAT
DIDN'T HAPPEN THIS YEAR. SO THAT
WAS THE BIG PART OF THAT
DISCONNECT. SO AGAIN, AS WE JUST
HEARD IN THE PRIOR QUESTIONING,
WE DID NOT REACH THE TARGET FOR
THIS YEAR. AND PART OF THE
ARRANGEMENT WAS YOU HAVE TWO
YEARS TO DO THAT, SO YOU COULD
SAVE THE MONEY AND SPENT ONE
TIME ON STUDENT. AND SO WE GET
THAT AND SO. YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA
REGROUP AND TRY AGAIN. UM,
YOU'RE TOO AT WHAT POINT DOES
YOU SEE? THINK THEY KNOW? THE
NEW THE NEW THE NEW NORMAL AS
FAR AS THE ATI COUNTS TO MAKE
THAT DECISION, SO WE DON'T HAVE
TO. WE DON'T HAVE A REPEAT OF
WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW. I WILL
NOTE THE WINTER AND SPRING
COURSE TAKING PATTERNS IN LATE
SUMMER, SO IT TAKES A VERY LONG
TIME FOR THAT INFORMATION TO
COME BACK TO THE CENTER BECAUSE
ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES USE
DIFFERENT COMPUTER SYSTEMS TO
TRACK THEM. SO WE DON'T WE CAN'T
PUSH A BUTTON AND GET THAT
INFORMATION IN IT ARRIVES IN
DIFFERENT FILES AND HAS TO BE
MANUALLY COMPILED OR THERE'S SO
ESSENTIALLY CUT FRESH. HIGH
SCHOOL SENIORS APPLIED TO YOU
SEE IN THE FALL. THAT'S CORRECT
SUPPLY TO èC. AND SHE'LL GET
HER ACCEPTANCE LETTER ONE WAY OR
THE OTHER SOMETIME. IN RIGHT NOW
IN THE SPRING. RIGHT? UM IF SHE
IS ADMITTED, YES. AND SO YOU
WON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH
THE CURRENT STUDENTS UNTIL YEAH,
HE SAID THE SUMMER SO IT'S KIND
OF THE CHICKEN, THE EGGS. YOU
HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION RIGHT
NOW. HOW MANY ADMIT LETTERS YOU
SEND OUT AND POTENTIALLY HOW
MANY PEOPLE ON THE WAIT LIST YOU
SAY OKAY, YOU'RE GOOD. YOU CAN
COME NOW. SO I THINK THAT MAKES
US UNEASY BECAUSE WE COULD BE
RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED
FROM. AND HAVING YOU KNOW, 2000
, CALIFORNIANS UNNECESSARILY GET
A REJECTION LETTER. FROM USING.
YES, I WISH I COULD PROVIDE YOU
WITH MORE ASSURANCE THAT WE WILL
GET EXACTLY THE NUMBER OF
STUDENTS THAT WE THINK WE'RE
GOING TO BE GETTING ARRIVING ON
OUR CAMPUSES AND X BALL. WHAT
WE'RE TRYING FOR IS 4200 AT THIS
POINT. UM AND BUT GIVEN ALL THE
CIRCUMSTANCES, IT MAY BE LESS.
YOU COULD STILL HAVE TIME TO
ADJUST AND MAYBE SOME PEOPLE ON
THE WAIT LIST. ACCEPT THEM. IF
YOU FIND OUT IN THE SPRING THAT
THE F T. HASN'T CHANGED. THAT
CALCULATION BASICALLY, IS NOT
REVERTING TO THE NORMAL.
CAMPUSES CAN MAKE, UM,
ADMISSIONS OFFERS FROM THE
WAITLIST UP UNTIL THE TERM
STARTS TO FALL TERMS. BUT WILL
THE èC MOTHERSHIP SAY, HEY, THE
FT THING HASN'T CHANGED. WE
STILL HAVE A PROBLEM. WE NEED
TO, YOU KNOW, GO BACK AND CHANGE
AND ACCEPT, BRING IN SOME MORE
STUDENTS WHO ARE ON THE BUBBLE.
WE COULD POTENTIALLY DO THAT,
LIKE I WAS EXPLAINING EARLIER TO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S ALVAREZ.
CAMPUSES ARE LOOKING AT THINGS
LIKE THE AVAILABILITY OF STUDENT
HOUSING AND HOW MANY, UM,
AVAILABLE SPOTS THERE ARE IN
EACH PARTICULAR MAJOR BECAUSE
THERE MAY BE MORE STUDENTS
TRYING TO COME INTO A PARTICULAR
MAJOR, BUT THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE
THE FACULTY. AVAILABLE TO TEACH
MORE COURSES AND IF THERE ARE
THE PHYSICAL HEADCOUNT BODIES ON
CAMPUS, THEY'RE STILL TAKING UP
ROOM IN THOSE COURSES. OF THE
4000. IF ALL GOES WELL FOR 23 24
CAN YOU WALK THROUGH ROUGHLY
PROPORTIONALLY OF THE NINE.
UNDERGRAD YOU SEES WHERE UM,
ROUGHLY, WE WOULD SEE THE
STUDENTS AND SPECIFICALLY
FOCUSING ON WHICH ONES WOULD
HAVE THE MOST. CORRECT. THE MOST
GROWTH IS PLANNED FOR U C L, A.
U C. SAN DIEGO AND UC RIVERSIDE
. L A WOULD LIKE TO TAKE IN 712
STUDENTS RIVERSIDE WOULD LIKE TO
TAKE IN, UM 627. AND SAN DIEGO
WANTS TO TAKE IN 718. THOSE ARE
THE HIGHEST LEVEL LEVELS. UM AND
THEN. YEAH I CAN. I CAN PROVIDE
THIS TO YOUR STAFF SO THAT YOU
CAN YOU CAN HAVE IT AVAILABLE TO
ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. OKAY
AND FINANCING. WE HAD A VERY
THOROUGH HEARING, UM, TWO WEEKS
AGO ON STUDENT HOUSING. IT'S A
LOT ON ON THE UC AND CSU ME
INTEND TO FUND THAT PROGRAM. TO
FOCUS ON THAT. IS THERE ANYTHING
? UM, THE POTENTIALLY COULD
COULD TO STOP THOSE, UM
OBJECTIONS BASED UPON HOUSING
PROJECTS. NOT NOT BASED UPON.
WELL, HANG ON A SECOND, UM YEAH
. BASED UPON THE NEW HOUSING
PROJECTS, NO, NOT FOR THIS FALL
, BUT FOR FALL OF 2025. YES IF
THOSE HOUSING PROJECTS DON'T GET
FUNDED AND CAL. DOES THIS THERE.
CHALLENGES WITH THEIR HOUSING
PROJECTS WOULD NOT BE I WOULD
NOT IMPACT THE 2023 INCREASES
BUT POTENTIALLY 24 25. UM THAT'S
CORRECT. NOT FOR THE FALL OF
2023. BUT FOR THE FALL OF 2024.
YES YOU WOULD SEE YOU WOULD
START SEEING IMPACT IF WE CAN
CONSTRUCT THAT HOUSING. AND
THEN, UM, LASTLY, ON THIS ISSUE,
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF
COMMENTS ON THIS AND POTENTIALLY
PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS. GRADUATE
AND PHD PROGRAMS. IT WAS OUR
UNDERSTANDING OVER THESE LAST
YEARS WHEN WE INCREASED èC
ENROLLMENT THERE WAS WE FOCUS ON
UNDERGRADUATE AND YOU SEE,
ALWAYS COME BACK AND SAY, HEY,
YOU CAN'T ENROLL 1000 NEW
UNDERGRADUATES WITHOUT
ENROLLING. 100 OR SO, UM,
GRADUATES AND YOU KNOW,
ACCORDINGLY THEY GO HAND IN
HAND. OKAY? AND THEN WE HAVE TO
COME BACK AND PAY FOR THOSE. AS
YOU KNOW, WE HAD THAT LITTLE
DANCE FOR A FEW YEARS. UM AND SO
AS WE'RE INCREASING
UNDERGRADUATES, UNDERSTANDING
ALWAYS IS, THERE'S A
CORRESPONDING INCREASE. AND SO
THESE, SOME OF THESE REPORTS
HAVE INDICATED THAT YOU SEE MAY
BE LOWERING ENROLLMENT FOR SOME
GRADUATE AND PHD PROGRAMS AND. I
KNOW I'VE HAD A LOT OF BACK AND
FORTH, NOT A LOT OF ABSOLUTE
CLARITY ON THIS. IS THAT
ACCURATE? AND HOW DOES THIS
INTERACT WITH OUR GOALS, TOO? TO
INCREASE BOTH UNDERGRADUATE AND
GRADUATE WITH OVERALL ENROLLMENT
GROWTH. THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA IS NOT PLANNING ON
THIS. ENROLLING ANY CURRENT
GRADUATE STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY
NOT DUE TO THE CAMPUS COST,
WHETHER RELATED TO EMPLOYMENT
CONTRACTS OR OTHER ISSUES, SO
EMPLOYMENT OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
IS DIFFERENT FROM ENROLLMENT OF
GRADUATE STUDENTS. SO ALL
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS WILL
CONTINUE TO BE ENROLLED. WE HAVE
SEEN SOME IMPACT FROM THE
PANDEMIC. THAT'S SOME GRADUATE
STUDENTS FELL BEHIND ON THEIR
RESEARCH, AND I HAVE NOT
GRADUATED AS QUICKLY AS WE
INITIALLY PROJECTED. THOSE
DEPARTMENTS MAY HAVE TO THEN
ENROLL FEWER NEW GRADUATE
STUDENTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT
THE CURRENT ONES ARE MENTORED.
ALSO THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA INTENDS TO FOLLOW THE
GOVERNOR'S COMPACT, WHICH CALLS
US TO ENROLL. 2500 NEW GRADUATE
STUDENTS BY 2026 27, SO WE WILL
FULFILL THAT. ALSO OUR GRADUATE
ENROLLMENT DECISIONS ARE MADE AT
THE LOCAL DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL.
EACH FACULTY MEMBER LOOKS AT THE
NUMBER OF GRADUATE STUDENTS STAY
THEMSELVES COULD MENTOR AND
POTENTIALLY FINANCIALLY SUPPORT.
AND THE DEPARTMENT MAKES
DECISIONS BASED ON NOT ONLY THAT
FACTOR THE AVAILABILITY OF
FACULTY TÌM BUT THE NUMBER OF
NEW, UH UNDERGRADUATES WHO WANT
TO ENROLL IN THE MAJOR AND HOW
MANY OF THEM HAVE TO BE TAUGHT
AND WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THE GRADUATE STUDENTS ARE IF
THEY ARE ENROLLED IN THE
UNIVERSITY, AND SO OUR CAMPUSES
ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THAT
PROCESS OF LOOKING AT HOW MANY
GRADUATE STUDENTS THEY COULD
ENROLL. RESPONSIBLY AND THEY
WILL MAKE THEIR ADMISSIONS
DECISIONS BASED ON THAT. WE MAY
SEE SOME GRADUATE PROGRAMS
ENROLLING FEWER NEW GRADUATE
STUDENTS. WE HAVE, UM SHIFT
WITHIN OUR SYSTEM ON THE NATURAL
, FOR EXAMPLE, 10 YEARS AGO IN
THE STEM FIELDS, 56% OF OUR PHD
STUDENTS WERE IN STEM. NOW IT'S
60% THERE'S BEEN A NATURAL
MIGRATION IS MORE PEOPLE WANT TO
STUDY STEM AND SEE THAT THERE'S
CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AFTER
RECEIVING A PHD AND STUFF. UM,
WHAT THIS MEANS, THEN IS THE
SOCIAL SCIENCES. WE'RE SEEING
FEWER GRADUATE STUDENTS WANTING
TO COME INTO THOSE FIELDS. WILL
THIS TREND? CONTINUE POSSIBLY.
WE DON'T YET KNOW WE'RE HAPPY TO
REPORT ON IT ONCE WE HAVE DATA.
OKAY? THANK YOU. UM THAT'S IT
FOR NOW, MR MURATSUCHI. THANK
YOU. I M I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON
UH, MR. ALVAREZ'S QUESTIONS AS
WELL AS CHAIR MCCARTHY'S
QUESTIONS. UH, TWO. YOU MISS
BURTON AND AS THE REPRESENTATIVE
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
AND, UM I WANT. TO COME NOT ONLY
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A STATE
REPRESENTATIVE, BUT ALSO AS A
PARENT. YOU KNOW, MY DAUGHTER IS
GETTING READY TO GO TO HIGH
SCHOOL. WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF
PLANNING. YOU KNOW? FOR WHAT
COURSES SHE NEEDS TO TAKE. IN
ORDER TO ACHIEVE YOU KNOW TO, UH
TO GET INTO THE COLLEGE THAT SHE
HOPES AND ASPIRES TO GET INTO
AND, UM. YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING
AT MY HIGH SCHOOL. HER HIGH
SCHOOL, UH, DATA FOR WHAT IT
TAKES. TO GET INTO THE MOST
COMPETITIVE CAMPUSES èC, ELLA
AND BERKELEY. UM YOU KNOW THAT
BEFORE I GO ANY FURTHER, I WANT
TO PREFACE BY SAYING, I HAVE
BEEN TELLING. YOU KNOW MY
DAUGHTER. IT'S A GREAT OPTION TO
GO TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE CLEARLY WE HAVE
MADE IT A PRIORITY TO 22 FOR THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO
ADMIT MORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TRANSFER STUDENTS AND, UH AND I
FULLY SUPPORT THAT. AND I TELL
THAT TO MY TO MY DAUGHTER. BUT
MY POINT IS THAT. YOU KNOW, AT
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL THAT MY
DAUGHTER IS GOING TO THE, UH THE
AVERAGE GPA THAT IT TAKES TO GET
INTO BERKELEY AND UC L. A IS
BETWEEN 4.6 AND 4.7. AND SO WHAT
DOES THAT MEAN? YOU KNOW FOR THE
KID WHO'S PLANNING OUT HER
COURSES, UH TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO
GET TO THE SCHOOL THIS YEAR.
SPIRES TOO, YOU KNOW. THAT THAT
MEANS NOT ONLY THAT, THAT YOU
KNOW ALL THESE KIDS ARE PUTTING
PRESSURE ON THEMSELVES TO GET
STRAIGHT A'S BUT TO ALSO TAKE
EVERY DANG YOU KNOW. ADVANCED
PLACEMENT AND HONORS COURSE THAT
THE SCHOOL OFFERS. AND YOU KNOW
, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE
MENTAL HEALTH IMPACTS ON OUR
KIDS NOW. YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS
THE KIND OF PRESSURE THAT KIDS
ARE PUTTING UPON THEMSELVES IN
ORDER TO TRY TO GET INTO SCHOOLS
LIKE LIKE BERKELEY AND YOU SELL
A NOW YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SAY
THAT. WELL YOU KNOW TOO MANY
KIDS, TOO MANY FAMILIES ARE TOO
FIXATED ON ON ON ON THE MOST
IMPACTED CAMPUSES OF BERKELEY
AND UC LA, BUT I HAVE TO SAY
THAT, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM YOU
AS A REPRESENTATIVE UNIVERSITY,
CALIFORNIA YOU JUST SOUND OUT OF
TOUCH WITH, YOU KNOW THE DREAMS
AND ASPIRATIONS OF KIDS WHO ARE
TRYING TO GO TO A DREAM SCHOOL,
YOU KNOW? UM AND SO. AND THEN
AND IN THAT CONTEXT, THAT'S HOW
I SEE THESE NUMBERS. YOU KNOW
WHERE, UM. 24% OF BERKELEY'S
STUDENTS CONTINUE TO BE
NONRESIDENT STUDENTS AND THIS I
KNOW IS IN COMPARISON TO WHERE
WE USED TO BE BEFORE THE GREAT
RECESSION, I BELIEVE WERE AROUND
9. WE'RE AROUND 9% CORRECT ME IF
I'M WRONG AND NONRESIDENT
ENROLLMENT, UNDERGRADUATE
NONRESIDENT ENROLLMENT BEFORE
BEFORE THE GREAT RECESSION. OKAY
THE CHAIR IS CORRECT. AND WE
WERE AT 5% AND SO YOU KNOW.
WHILE I, YOU KNOW, AS AS A
BENEFICIARY OF TWO èC DEGREES,
I FULLY APPRECIATE YOU KNOW ALL
THE ACADEMIC ARGUMENTS ABOUT ALL
THE WONDERFUL BENEFITS OF
DIVERSITY OF BRINGING STUDENTS
ACROSS THE COUNTRY. YOU KNOW
THAT THAT ADDS TO THE ACADEMIC
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, LEARNING AND
ENVIRONMENT, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,
YOU KNOW? THE WAY I SEE IT IS
THAT ONE OUT OF FOUR OF THOSE
SLOTS THAT COULD BE GOING TO
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS ARE GOING
TO OUT OF STATE KIDS. THEY'RE
NOT GOING TO CALIFORNIA KIDS.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CALIFORNIA
VOTERS. KIDS THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO MY CONSTITUENTS, KIDS, AND
BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR
KIDS ARE PUTTING. YOU KNOW ALL
THIS PRESSURE TAKING, YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW, THINKING LIKE THEY
NEED TO GET STRAIGHT A'S
THINKING THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE
ALL THESE AP COURSES IN ORDER TO
GET TO THE SCHOOLS OF THEIR
DREAMS. AND SO YOU KNOW, THAT IS
WHAT MAKES ME ALL THE MORE UPSET
THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO. YOU
KNOW, WE PROVIDED THE FUNDING TO
INCREASE THE RESIDENT
UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT, AND
YET WE WERE 4197 RESIDENT AND
GRADUATE STUDENTS SHORT. OF
DOING THAT. THAT'S 4197,
CALIFORNIA KIDS THAT COULD HAVE
GOT IN AND YOU KNOW, I HEAR WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING THAT IT YOU KNOW,
YOU NEED TO PLAN FOR ALL THIS,
YOU KNOW TO MAKE SURE THAT
YOU'RE ACCOMMODATING ALL THESE
STUDENTS RESPONSIBLY, BLAH,
BLAH, BLAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, I
MEAN, I AGAIN I WANT TO
EMPHASIZE TO YOU AND TO ANY OF
THE BORDER REGIONS AND PRESIDENT
REAGAN ANYONE THAT MAY BE
LISTENING TO THIS THAT YOU KNOW,
THIS IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
OF THIS SUBCOMMITTEE, THE CHAIR
AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE
CHAIR OF THE BUDGET COMMITTEE,
IN PARTICULAR, HAVE LEAD IN THIS
EFFORT TO FIGHT TO GET TO, YOU
KNOW MORE CALIFORNIA KIDS
GETTING IN SO, UM, WITH, UH AH!
MR CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR LETTING
ME INDULGE IN MY RANT HERE. I DO
HAVE TWO QUESTIONS. UM NUMBER
ONE, UM. IS, UH, THE OBSERVATION
OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE
IN TRANSFER ENROLLMENT, WHICH IS
DOWN BY 9% AND FALL 2022
COMPARED TO FALL, 2021. WHAT IS
I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT. BUT WHAT
IS THE LOGIC BEHIND THAT? UM
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA HAS NOW
SEEN A 15% DROP IN OUR TRANSFER
APPLICANTS, SO WE'VE SEEN A DROP
IN THE QUALIFIED TRANSFER POOL.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN A REDUCTION IN
THE YIELD MEANING WE MADE OFFERS
, BUT THE STUDENTS SELECTED TO
GO ELSEWHERE. SO WE ARE SEEING A
DECLINE IN OUR TRANSFER,
APPLICANT ADMITS AND MY QUESTION
IS WHY UM, WHAT HAPPENED WAS
THAT DURING COVID COMMUNITY
COLLEGES SAW A LARGE DROP IN
ENROLLMENT. UM AND BECAUSE OF
THAT, THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO.
NOW THERE ARE NOT AS MANY
QUALIFIED STUDENTS LOOKING TO
TRANSFER EITHER TO UC OR CSU OR
OTHER FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS. AH
FROM FROM OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
. OKAY THEN THAT MAKES SENSE.
WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THE
SIGNIFICANT DROP IN THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT.
AND SO THAT, UH, YOU'RE YOU'RE
SAYING IS TRANSLATING INTO LESS
QUALIFIED STUDENTS APPLYING FOR
TRANSFER TO THE UCS. THAT'S
CORRECT. WE'RE HOPING THAT THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WILL RECOVER
AND WE'LL GET MORE STUDENTS
WANTING TO TRANSFER OKAY? AND SO
THAT LEADS ME TO MY NEXT
QUESTION. I THINK YOU UM
REMINDED US THAT THERE IS A
WORKING RATIO OF 2 TO 1 THAT IS
CORRECT. TWO FRESHMEN FOR EACH
ONE TRANSFER STUDENT. OKAY NOW
HAVE COULD YOU REMIND ME OF TO
HOW YOU ARRIVED AT THAT RATIO
AND WHAT IS DRIVING THAT RATIO?
UM I BELIEVE THE RATIO WAS SET.
UM BY THE LEGISLATURE, MAYBE THE
LAO COULD HELP WITH THIS ONE. I
THINK THE, UM THEORY GOING ALL
THE WAY BACK TO THE 19 SIXTIES
IS THAT YOU? C N C ISSUE WOULD
RESERVE A CERTAIN SHARE OF THEIR
SLOTS FOR, UM, TRANSFER STUDENTS
. I THINK THE GENERAL RULE. I'M
NOT SURE IF IT WAS CODIFIED. I
THINK IT WAS IN THE MASTER PLAN
FOR HIGHER EDUCATION AGAIN.
GOING BACK TO 1960. THAT'S 60%
OF ALL THE UNITS AT U C WOULD BE
THE RESERVE FOR UPPER DIVISION
INSTRUCTION 40% RESERVED FOR
LOWER DIVISION INSTRUCTION. THEY
HAVE JUST SIMPLIFIED THE RULE OF
THUMB TO MEAN FOR EVERY TWO
FRESHMEN. THEY TAKE ONE TRANSFER
. SO MISS BURTON AND I, UH I
THINK I HEARD YOU SAY THAT THE
LOWER NUMBER OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGE TRANSFERS IS EFFECTIVELY
CAPPING THE NUMBER OF FRESHMAN
ENROLLMENT. IS THAT DID I HEAR
YOU SAY THAT? THAT IS CORRECT,
SIR. THAT IS WHAT I SAID. AS WE
ARE, AS WE VIEW OURSELVES AS
LIMITED TO ADMITTING ONLY TWO
FRESHMEN FOR EACH ONE TRANSFER
AND THOSE QUALIFIED TRANSFER
APPLICANTS DECREASE CAMPUSES ARE
HESITANT TO, UH, INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF FRESHMAN ADMITS,
BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE US OUT
OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE MASTER
PLAN. 2 TO 1 RATIO. AND SO THAT
MASTER PLAN. I MEAN, I AM SORRY
I WASN'T SURE. I UNDERSTOOD THE
LAOS RESPONSE. BUT I KNOW THAT,
UH THAT GOVERNOR BROWN STARTED
TO CHAMPION GETTING MORE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFERS. I
KNOW THE LEGISLATURE AS AS AS AS
ALSO SUPPORTED THAT EFFORT. BUT
WHAT IS YOU KNOW, WRITTEN IN
STONE FOR THE FOR THE 2 TO 1
SUCH THAT IT WOULD EFFECTIVELY
ACT AS A CAP AND ENROLLING MORE
CALIFORNIA FRESHMEN ENROLLMENT.
THE MASTER PLAN IS THE DIRECTIVE
. UM FOR HOW THE UNIVERSITY MUST
OPERATE, AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN.
WE HAVE TRIED TO FOLLOW IT ALSO
, UM THE 2 TO 1 RATIO IS WRITTEN
INTO THE COMPACT THE UNIVERSITY
HAS WITH THE GOVERNOR. OKAY SO
WELL. FIRST OF ALL, THE MASTER
PLAN IS THAT WHO CAME UP WITH
THAT MASTER PLAN IS THAT THE
REGION'S LEGISLATURE IN THE 19
SIXTIES. OKAY. THE MASTER PLAN
TO HIGHER EDUCATION. YEAH JUST
MAYBE SOME INSIGHT HERE, MR
MARTIN SWITCHES. SO OF COURSE
YOU SEE. IS AUTONOMOUS IN THE
STATE CONSTITUTION, AND WE
PROVIDE RESOURCES AND WE WORK IN
TANDEM. THIS IS NOT STATUTORY.
IT'S KIND OF A GOAL AND A
PRACTICE. UM MR TING AND I MET
THIS FALL A COUPLE OF TIMES WITH
PRESIDENT DRAKE AND HE SAID,
THIS IS A TREND AND WE WENT OVER
SOME OPTIONS AND SO ARE
PREFERRED OPTION IS, OF COURSE,
ATTEMPT TO GET TO THE 2 TO 1.
AND IF YOU DON'T GET TO THE 2 TO
1, DON'T SAY OKAY, WE DIDN'T GET
IT. WE'RE GONNA GONNA LEAVE THAT
CHAIR. EMPTY THEN WE FOCUS ON
OUR ROLLING MORE FRESHMEN, BUT
WE DIDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW TO FAIL
ON PURPOSE AND NOT ALLOWING
QUALIFIED COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS IN THERE, BUT I STILL
THINK IT IS A IMPORTANT GOAL,
AND FRANKLY, I THINK IT'S KEY TO
THE ISSUE. WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT A SECOND ON THE TRANSFER
POLICIES BECAUSE WE MAKE IT. TOO
DARN COMPLICATED FOR PEOPLE TO
NAVIGATE THE TRANSFER PROCESS.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS A
SOLUTION AS WELL. OKAY UM MR
CHAIR. APPRECIATE THAT. PERHAPS
THE SUBCOMMITTEE WOULD CONSIDER
PUTTING IN BUDGET LANGUAGE TO
MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THAT 2 TO 1
RATIO WHILE IT'S AN ASPIRATION.
THAT IT SHOULD NOT LIMIT US FROM
, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I MY CONCERN
IS THAT YOU KNOW IF THAT MAY BE
CONTRIBUTING TO THIS 4197,
CALIFORNIA RESIDENT
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS NOT BEING
ENROLLED BECAUSE OF THIS
PERCEPTION THAT BECAUSE WE HAVE
ALL SEEN THE DROP IN AND CAN BE
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT THAT AS YOU
SAID THAT THAT SHOULD NOT DETER
AND INHIBIT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA FROM ADMITTING MORE
CALIFORNIA REP. UM FRESHMAN.
YEAH GOOD SUGGESTION WILL PUT
THAT ON OUR TO DO LIST. MR CHAIR
. YES SIR. JAXON DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. JUST WANTED TO RAISE
THAT EDUCATION COULD 662 OH, 1.5
CODIFIED THE 40% TO 60%
UNDERGRADUATE, UPPER DIVISION
LOWER DIVISION RATIO. SO BEARING
THAT IN MIND IF THAT IS THE
SOLUTION THAT THE LEGISLATURE
WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THERE WAS
ALSO SOME STATUTORY COMPONENTS
THAT WE MAY NEED TO WORK ON
TOGETHER, OKAY? GOOD, GOOD
SUGGESTION. FURTHER QUESTIONS ON
THIS ISSUE. AS YOU KNOW, HOT
TOPIC. OKAY WELL, THIS IS, UH,
THIS IS THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL
HEARING TODAY. NO ACTION ITEMS
ON THE ENTIRE AGENDA. ISSUE
NUMBER TWO. THIS RELATE TO THE
BASE BUDGET. THIS IS IN REGARDS
TO THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED 5%
COMPACT INCREASE FOR THE SYSTEMS
FOR CORE OPERATIONS. WE HAVE
FIRST BOF THAT L A AND THEN YOU
SAY GABRIELLA CHAVEZ WITH
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET, MAINTAINS THE
SECOND YEAR OF THE MULTIYEAR
COMPACT WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA IN EXCHANGE FOR CLEAR
COMMITMENTS TO EXPAND THE
STUDENTS ACCESS EQUITY AND
AFFORDABILITY. AND TO CREATE
PATHWAYS TO HIDE THEM AND CAREER
OPPORTUNITIES IN LIKE IN LINE
WITH THAT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF 215.5
MILLION ONGOING GENERAL FUND FOR
OPERATING COSTS REPRESENTING A
5% BASE INCREASE. THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES 30 MILLION
ONGOING GENERAL FUND TO UPSET
REVENUE REDUCTION ASSOCIATED
WITH THE REPLACEMENT OF 902 NON
RESIDENT AND A GRADUATE STUDENT
AT UC BERKELEY. U C L, A AND U
C. SAN DIEGO WITH AN EQUIVALENT
NUMBER OF CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS.
THIS INVESTMENT BUILDS ON THE
PREVIOUS 31 MILLION ONGOING
GENERAL FUND PROVIDING THE 2022
BUDGET ACT. OTHER INVESTMENT
INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF FOUR
MILLION ONGOING GENERAL FUND. TO
UPSET DECLINING PROPOSITION 56
REVENUE THAT PROVIDES ASSISTANCE
WITH. UM STATEWIDE GRANT PROGRAM
, UM, FOR GRANTED MEDICAL
RESIDENCY SLOTS, UM, AND
MAINTAINS A 40 MILLION ONGOING
FUNDING. THIS PROGRAM IS
CURRENTLY NOW A 10 MILLION
GENERAL FAN ONGOING, CONSISTENT
WITH THE 2019 BUDGET ACT. THE
BUDGET INCLUDES AN INCREASE OF
6.5 MILLION ONGOING GENERAL
FUND. SUPPORT THAT SERVICE
ASSOCIATED WITH THE MEDICAL
SCHOOL PROJECT. I èC RIVERSIDE.
THE FOLLOWING YEAR. èC MERCED
WILL RECEIVE GENERAL FAN
SUPPORT. TO SUPPORT THE DEPTH
SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
MEDICAL SCHOOL PROJECT. I USE
HUMOR S¼. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY
QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU, LEO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR CHERRY
INCLINED WITH THE L A L COMMENTS
ON THE BASE INCREASE BEGIN ON
PAGE 11 OF YOUR AGENDA, AS WE
HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT PREVIOUSLY IN
PUBLICATIONS. WE BELIEVE THAT
UNRESTRICTED BASE INCREASES DO
NOT LEND FOR TRANSPARENCY AS
THERE IS NO DESIGNATED PURPOSE
FOR WHERE THESE FUNDS ARE TO BE
EXPENDED. THERE'S NO LANGUAGE
THAT WOULD ENSURE THAT YOU SEE
WILL USE THE FUNDS AS DESCRIBED
IN THEIR BUDGET PLAN. THIS
BUDGET PLAN CAN BE SEEN ON PAGE
12 OF YOUR AGENDA. AND, AS NOTED
THAT 5% AUGMENTATION WOULD COVER
SOME, BUT NOT ALL OF THE
OPERATING COSTS THAT YOU SEE HAS
IDENTIFIED FOR THE UPCOMING
FISCAL YEAR. WE RECOMMEND THAT
THE LEGISLATURE DECIDE WHICH YOU
SEE OPERATING COSTS. IT WISHES
TO PRIORITIZE AND RATHER THAN
PROVIDING AN UNRESTRICTED BASED
INCREASE, IT COULD PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR THOSE PRIORITIES.
ADDITIONALLY WE RECOMMEND THE
LEGISLATURE VIEW THE 5%
AUGMENTATION AS AN UPPER BOUND,
GIVEN THE STATE'S FISCAL
CONDITION. IF THE LEGISLATURE
WERE TO LINK SPECIFIC DOLLAR
AMOUNTS TO HIGH LEVEL BUDGET
PRIORITIES. YOU SEE WHAT'S STILL
HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY. FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU SEEK WOULD BE ABLE
TO MAKE KEY DECISIONS ABOUT HOW
TO DISTRIBUTE COMPENSATION.
INCREASES AMONGST ITS EMPLOYEES
GROUPS WHICH O E AND D
EXPENDITURES THAT WISHES TO
PRIORITIZE OR THEIR LIFE SAFETY
CAPITAL PROJECTS IT WISHES TO
UNDERTAKE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. OKAY
THANK YOU UNIVERSITY,
CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR,
SAY OF HER 10 IN THE UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA. AND THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA'S
THANKFUL TO GOVERNOR NEWSOM FOR
THE PROPOSED 5% BASED BUDGET
INCREASE, AND WE REQUEST YOUR
SUPPORT FOR THIS FUNDING. THE
BASE BUDGET INCREASE WILL HELP
SUSTAIN THE UNIVERSITY DURING
THIS TIME OF FISCAL UNCERTAINTY.
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IS
A COMPLEX ORGANIZATION WITH
OPERATIONS RANGING FROM
TRADITIONAL CAMPUS INSTRUCTION
TO HOSPITALS TO NUCLEAR
LABORATORIES TO STUDENT HOUSING
OPERATIONS. THE TOTAL BUDGET FOR
THE CURRENT YEAR OF THE
UNIVERSITY IS ESTIMATED AT 47
BILLION. THE UNIVERSITY'S CORE
FUNDS PAY FOR CAMPUS OPERATIONS
. THESE CORE FUNDS INCLUDE STATE
GENERAL FUND TUITION AND STUDENT
SERVICES. BE NONRESIDENT
SUPPLEMENTAL TUITION AND A FEW
SMALLER REVENUES STREAMS LIKE
PATENT REVENUE. CORE FUNDS
PROVIDE A PERMANENT SUPPORT FOR
THE CORE MISSION ACTIVITIES OF
THE UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS
MINISTER AND SUPPORT SERVICES
NEEDED TO PERFORM THEM. CORE
FUNDS. TOTAL TWIN 0.6 BILLION IN
2022 23 REPRESENT ABOUT 22% OF
THE UNIVERSITY'S BUDGET. THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED 5% BASED
BUDGET INCREASE IS AN ONGOING
STATE GENERAL FUND ONLY AND
WOULD PROVIDE THE UNIVERSITY
WITH AN ADDITIONAL 215.5 MILLION
IN 2023 24. THE UNIVERSITY
INTENDS TO USE THE PROPOSED
BASED BUDGET INCREASE TOWARDS
TWO BROAD CATEGORIES OF CAMPUS
OPERATIONS, SUSTAINING CORE
OPERATIONS AND ENROLLMENT
GROWTH. SUSTAINING CORE
OPERATIONS IS THE LARGEST
ANTICIPATED COST INCREASE FOR
CAMPUSES IN 2023 24. THIS
INCLUDES ITEMS TO UNIVERSITY CAN
ROUTINELY EXPECT FROM ONE YEAR
TO THE NEXT, INCLUDING
SUPPORTING EXISTING FACULTY AND
STAFF, INCREASING HEALTH PLAN
COSTS AND GENERAL INFLATION ON
SUPPLIES. THE UNIVERSITY'S CORE
FUNDS BUDGET IS PEOPLE ORIENTED
68% OF THE CAMPUS EXPENDITURES
ARE SALARY AND BENEFITS. THE
INCREASES IN THESE CATEGORIES IN
SOME CASES ARE MANDATORY AS THEY
ARE DETERMINED BY REPRESENTED
EMPLOYEE CONTRACTS OR NECESSARY
FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO EXCEL AS
IN FACULTY MERIT INCREASES. THE
REMAINING CORE FUNDS.
EXPENDITURES ARE FOR STUDENT
FINANCIAL AID AT NEARLY 15% IT
REFLECTS THE UNIVERSITY'S
COMMITMENT TO MAKING EDUCATION
AFFORDABLE AND FOR EQUIPMENT AND
UTILITIES THAT 17% OF CAMPUS
BUDGETS. CAMPUS BUDGETS ARE ALSO
SUPPORTED BY STUDENT TUITION AND
FEES AS WELL AS NONRESIDENT
SUPPLEMENTAL TUITION. THESE
VARIOUS CHARGES ARE PROJECTED TO
NET THE CAMPUS IS $88 MILLION IN
2023 24 THAT CAN BE USED FOR
OPERATIONS. THESE BUNS WILL BE
USED TO SUPPORT CORE FRONT
CAMPUS OPERATIONS, BOTH
INSTRUCTION AND STUDENT
SERVICES. THE REGION'S APPROVED
A DEFICIT BUDGET IN NOVEMBER OF
2022 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
CAMPUSES WOULD HAVE TO CONTAIN
COSTS. BECAUSE SUCH A
SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE CAMPUS
BUDGET IS PERSONNEL DRIVEN. IT
IS ONE OF THE ªMS
REVIEWED WHEN TAKING STEPS TO
ALIGN COSTS TO AVAILABLE
REVENUES. BASED ON THE
INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. CAMPUSES ARE
BEST SITUATED TO MAKE DECISIONS
OF HOW TO CONTAIN COSTS AND
FUNDRAISE TO COVER THE GAPS IN
THEIR BUDGETS. SOME TECHNIQUES
UTILIZED IN THE PAST INCLUDE NOT
FILLING VACANT POSITIONS AND
EVALUATING WORKFLOW FOR
EFFICIENCIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM A
COUPLE OF QUESTIONS OUT OF THE
GATE. YEAH, I'M I'M SUPPORTIVE
OF THIS NOTION OF HAVING A 5%
INCREASE FOR CSU AND UC. UM, I
DO KNOW THAT I KNOW. THERE IS
SOME PARTIES THAT WANT MORE, AND
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE WE FUND
THIS AND THAT, AND OUR NOTION IS
, UM, ALL YOUR EMPLOYEE
COMPENSATION ISSUES BOTH UC AND
CSU. YOU KNOW, WE FEEL THAT'S
ADEQUATE AND THERE'S NOT GONNA
BE ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THE FIVE
AND I WILL SAY WE HEARD FROM
CHILDCARE PEOPLE LAST WEEK WHO
THEY'RE COLA ZERO. SO I KNOW
YOU. C C SUS GETTING FIVE K 12.
IT'S GETTING 8.5% THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE, HEALTH CARE AND
SOCIAL SERVICES ARE GETTING
ZERO. AND THE REASON YOU'RE
ASKING PEOPLE GIVING THIS IS
BECAUSE COSTS GO UP. LABOR COSTS
GO UP AND SO FORTH. I GET THAT
ENERGY COSTS INFLATION, BUT THE
COST FOR THOSE HEALTH AND
WELFARE AND CHILD CARE PROGRAMS.
UH INFLATION GOES UP FOR THEM
TOO. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, BE
MINDFUL THAT 5% IS THAT IS A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER, ESPECIALLY
WITH THIS CLIMATE AS WELL. UM
THAT BEING SAID. UM YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS IN HERE THAT WERE, UM,
YOU KNOW, PLEASED ABOUT WHAT ONE
I MENTIONED HOW THE GET AT THE
OUTSET AND THEN WE TALKED ABOUT
AN ISSUE NUMBER ONE. IS
ENROLLMENT GROWTH AND NOT HAVING
TO FIGHT EVERY YEAR FOR
ENROLLMENT. BECAUSE THE PAST FEW
YEARS WE'VE GIVEN 3 TO 5% FOR
èC. UM AND THEN THERE BE ZERO
MONEY IN THEIR FRIEND ROLE MINT,
AND WE'RE LIKE, HEY, THAT'S OUR
TOP PRIORITY. WE NEED TO MAKE
SURE THAT THAT'S OUT OF THE
GATE. IT'S THERE, AND SO THIS IS
IMPORTANT. IT'S A FLOOR. UM THE
ONE THING THAT KIND OF
REVISITING THE ENROLLMENT ISSUE
IN TYING THIS TOGETHER. BECAUSE
I GUESS THERE'S THAT SAYING IN
LIFE THAT YOU WANT TO, UM UM,
UNDER PROMISE AND OVER, DELIVER.
IN THE PAST YEARS. UM YOU KNOW,
YOU SEE HAS HAS DONE THAT WHERE
THEY OVER DELIVERED ON
ENROLLMENT. AND WE'RE NOT FACING
THE ISSUE THAT MR ALVAREZ AND
WE'RE FRUSTRATED ABOUT HERE AND
HAVING UNDER ENROLLMENT BY 4000
, CALIFORNIA OVER ENROLLED AND
WE SETTLED UP YEAR OR SO LATER
TO MAKE SURE WE ADEQUATELY PAY
FOR THAT. YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT'S THE CASE IN
HERE. HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
THE L A AND AGAIN FINANCE WE
THINK ABOUT THIS IS HAVING SOME
PERFORMANCE METRICS BECAUSE
UNDER DELIVERING IS WOEFULLY
UNSATISFACTORY AND GROSSLY
DISAPPOINTING. AND SO WE'D
RATHER HAVE YOU GO OVER THE MARK
. AND THEN, UM, SETTLE UP AND
PUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TO THAT
BECAUSE IN THE GRAND TOTALITY
IT'S NOT A GREAT NUMBER. I THINK
YOU KNOW ADDITIONAL. 1000
STUDENTS IS ROUGHLY $10 MILLION
, RIGHT? AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT
THE OVERALL NUMBER, UM I THINK
IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS
RELATIVELY AFFORDABLE AND 100%
WITHIN OUR TOP TOP PRIORITY. SO
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE
DON'T DISAPPOINT ON ENROLLMENT.
SO HOW COULD WE? MAYBE L A O OR
FINANCE HAVE SOME IDEAS? HOW WE
CAN BE SURE THAT WE GET OUR
MONEY'S WORTH HERE FOR
ENROLLMENT GROWTH. ANY THOUGHTS.
UM THE COMPACT PROVIDES THE
STABILITY FOR THE SEGMENTS TO
MAKE DECISIONS. UM MR M BELIEVES
THIS IS JUST A TEMPORARY TIME
WHERE COVID 19 STEEL, CREATING
SOME PROBLEMS FOR THE SEGMENTS
TO ENROLL, BUT WE'RE COMMITTING
TO PROVIDING FUNDING FOR
INCREASING ITS CERTAIN ACCESS TO
HIGHER EDUCATION CREATES
DIVERSITY AND EQUITY. YES MAYBE
L A L COULD GET THE ANSWER THE
QUESTION. HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT
WE GET THERE AND MAYBE LOCK IT
IN AND HAVE SOME CONSEQUENCES IF
WE DON'T YES, WE CAN HELP YOU
WITH BUDGET BILL LANGUAGE, BUT
YOU HAVE BEEN WHAT WE WOULD
SUGGEST BEEN IMPLEMENTING BEST
PRACTICES THE LAST FEW YEARS.
YOU SET A TARGET. YOU'VE PUT IT
IN THE BUDGET ACT. YOU'VE LINKED
SPECIFIC DOLLAR AMOUNTS TO IT.
THE SIGNAL IS CLEAR. THE
FINANCIAL STAKE IS CLEAR. UM
YOU'RE YOU'RE NOT TAKING MONEY
BACK FROM THEM WHEN THEY DON'T
MEET THE TARGET, SO IT'S AS OF
NOW, UM, LAST YEAR THERE WASN'T
TARGETS MET THERE WASN'T FUNDING
RESCINDED. UM SO AGAIN, IT'S
HARD TO ENSURE YOU CAN SET IT UP
AND I THINK WE WOULD SUGGEST YOU
HAVE STRUCTURED IT PROPERLY.
WHERE THERE'S A CLEAR SIGNAL AS
TO THE LEVEL YOU WANT THEM TO
REACH, AND THERE'S A FINANCIAL
STAKE INVOLVED. AND WE
UNDERSTAND THAT CAN'T HIT THE
TARGET. LIKE TO THE STUDENT. YOU
MIGHT WANT TO GIVE THEM A LITTLE
FLEXIBILITY TO GO ABOVE OR BELOW
WITHOUT A FINANCIAL PENALTY OR
NECESSARILY REWARD. UM. BUT
BUDGET BILL LANGUAGE IS YOUR
BEST VEHICLE. YOU HAVE BEEN
USING IT TO DATE. SORRY IT WOULD
BE GREAT TO GET SOME LANGUAGE.
I'M AND I DO WANT TO SAY THIS
èC SYSTEM REALLY DOES VALUE
ACCESS AND WE REALLY THOUGHT
THAT WE WOULD ENROLL MORE
STUDENTS FOR THIS FAULT, AND WE
DID. UM BUT IF THERE WAS SOME
FLEXIBILITY ON THE ENROLLMENT
NUMBER IF WE WENT, FOR EXAMPLE,
5% OVER AND THERE WAS AN
UNDERSTANDING THAT GOING OVER BY
A FEW 100 STUDENTS WOULDN'T END
UP BEING THAT THE UNIVERSITY
SYSTEM ENDS UP WITH UNFUNDED
ENROLLMENT. BUT I'D RATHER WE
WOULD HAVE A TRUE UP THE NEXT
YEAR, CAMPUSES WOULD FEEL FAR
MORE COMFORTABLE MAKING SOME
ADDITIONAL OFFERS OF ADMITTANCE.
KNOWING THAT IF THEY'RE OVER BY
50 OR 100 STUDENTS, THEY WOULD
GET THOSE FUNDS THE NEXT YEAR
AND WE WOULDN'T START BUILDING
UP UNFUNDED ENROLLMENT, SO I
THINK THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT
WE COULD STRUCTURE SOME
PARAMETERS TO HELP CAMPUSES FEEL
CONFIDENCE IN ADMITTING MORE
STUDENTS AND ALSO GIVE THE
LEGISLATURE SOME UM, CONFIDENCE
THAT YOU WANT END UP HAVING TO
PAY A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT MORE.
YEAH I THINK, UM WHAT THE L A S
IS NOTES IS THERE'S NO, THERE'S
NO CONSEQUENCE IF THEY DON'T
MISS THE MARK. DO YOU GET YOU
GET TO KEEP THE MONEY. IT
DOESN'T GO ELSEWHERE IN THE
BUDGET WAS ASKED EARLIER STAYS
IN. YOU SEE, GRANITE GOES FOR A
STUDENT PURPOSE, BUT THERE'S NO
TRUE UM, CONSEQUENCE. UM AND
THAT'S YOU KNOW, A LITTLE
DISAPPOINTING, BUT NOT IN THE
LAST SINCE. YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY
NINTH YEAR DOING THIS. PEACE
HERE, AND WE'VE ALWAYS TRUDE UP
ANYWAY. THE WINNER. SO TWO YEARS
IT TOOK LIKE A YEAR TO HAVE TO
GET THERE. BUT UM, THAT'S
CERTAINLY THE GOAL, BUT HAVING
UNDERPERFORMING IS JUST AND
SATISFACTORY, SO THERE SHOULD BE
A CONSEQUENCE OF
UNDERPERFORMING. UM, YOU KNOW,
MAYBE HAVING A SUBSEQUENT
REDUCTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, BUDGET OR SOMETHING
LIKE THAT, WHERE WE HAVE A TRUE
UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW,
PERFORMANCE REALLY MATTERS, UM
SO WE'LL LOOK AT OPTIONS TO MAKE
SURE THAT WE FOCUS ON OUR TOP
PRIORITY. FURTHER QUESTIONS ON
THIS ITEM. CERVANTES.
OKAY WE'RE GONNA GO TO THE NEXT
ITEM RIGHT HERE. UM, CAPITAL
OUTLAY, FINANCE L A. OH, YOU
SEE? CHÁVEZ WITH THE FARMINGDALE
FINANCE. IN AN EFFORT TO ADDRESS
THE STATE'S CURRENT FISCAL
CHALLENGES. THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSES TO THE LATE
THREE PROJECTS, UM IN THE 2022
BUDGET ACT, AS FOLLOWS THE LATE
300,000,022 2300 MILLION IN 23
24 OF THE SUPPORT OF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF AN INSTITUTE FOR
A MINI OLOGY AND EVEN KNOW THERE
WILL BE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES. DELAYED
TO FISCAL YEAR 2024 25 THE LATE
83 MILLION TO SUPPORT THE èC
BERKELEY CLEAN ENERGY CAMPUS
PROJECT CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR
FISCAL YEAR 23 24, THE LATE TO
24 25. UM LASTLY, THE LATE
83,000,002 SUPPORTED CAMPUS
INSPECTION PROJECTS AT UC
RIVERSIDE AND USE MERCER
CURRENTLY PLANNED FOR FISCAL
YEAR 23 24, THE LATE TO 24 25.
THE ADMINISTRATION IS COMMITTED
TO SUPPORTING THIS PROJECTS THAT
DELAY FUNDING MAKES IT POSSIBLE
FOR ALL PROJECTS TO RECEIVE THE
APPROPRIATE SUPPORT. HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. INCLINED
WITH THE L A. L COMMENTS AND THE
CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS BEGIN ON
PAGE 19 OF YOUR AGENDA. WITH
RESPECT TO THE U. C L, A
INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY AND
IMMUNOTHERAPY. WE RECOMMEND THAT
THIS PROJECT BE ADDED TO THE
BUDGET SOLUTION LIST. THERE IS
CURRENTLY LITTLE PROJECT
INFORMATION AVAILABLE AND THE
PROJECT SCOPE. THE COST OF
OWNERSHIP AND OPERATIONS OF THE
FACILITY. WITH RESPECT TO THE UC
MERCED CAMPUS EXPANSION PROJECTS
. WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THIS
PROJECT BE ADDED TO THE BUDGET
SOLUTION LIST. AS BASED ON ROMAN
PROJECTIONS AND CAMPUS NEED.
THIS PROJECT DOES NOT SERVE
INTERMEDIATE CAMPUS PRIORITY. IF
THE LEGISLATURE JUST DOES WISH
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OR BOTH
OF THESE PROJECTS, WE RECOMMEND
SWEEPING THEIR 22 23 FUNDING, AS
NEITHER PROJECT HAS A
DEMONSTRATED NEED FOR FUNDING AT
THIS TIME. REGARDING THE
RIVERSIDE CAMPUS EXPANSION
PROCESS PROJECT. THIS PROJECT
HAS STRONGER JUSTIFICATION AS
FACILITY UTILIZATION REPORT, UH
, DOCUMENT A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL
FACILITIES TO HOUSE STUDENTS,
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. HOWEVER WE'RE
GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS
PROJECT BE FUNDED, UTILIZING
UNIVERSITY BONDS INSTEAD OF
GENERAL FUND. MOST PROJECTS OF
THIS SCALE. OUR DEBT FINANCED
AND SPREAD, WHICH SPREADS THE
COST OVER SEVERAL YEARS. THIS
WILL RAISE THE PROJECT COST IN
THE LONG RUN DUE TO INTEREST
PAYMENTS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE
PAID. HOWEVER, THE SHIFTING
WOULD PROVIDE IMMEDIATE GENERAL
FUND RELIEF. REGARDING THE
BERKELEY CLEAN ENERGY CAMPUS
PROJECT. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE
LEGISLATURE HAVE èC PROVIDE
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS
PROJECT. IT'S CURRENTLY UNCLEAR
HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL GENERAL FUND
WILL BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE
PROJECT AS WELL AS THE
ASSOCIATED ENERGY SAVINGS THAT
WOULD BE GENERATED. A FULL
FINANCIAL PLAN AT A MINIMUM
SHOULD BE PROVIDED THAT
IDENTIFIES THE PROJECT'S COSTS,
ENERGY SAVINGS AND CLIMATE
RELATED BENEFITS BY YEAR. IF
THERE IS A SOUND FINANCIAL PLAN
FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WOULD THEN
RECOMMEND THIS PROJECT FINANCED
UTILIZING UNIVERSITY BONDS.
THANK YOU. SAVE HER TENANT,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TAKE
JUST A FEW MINUTES TO DESCRIBE
THESE PROJECTS OF THE COMMITTEE.
THESE PROJECTS ALL RECEIVED
FUNDING IN THE CURRENT YEAR AND
ARE PROPOSED TO HAVE FUNDING
DELAYED UNTIL 24 25, U. C.
MERCED AND UC RIVERSIDE PROJECTS
ARE BOTH FOR CAMPUS EXPANSION,
WHICH WILL SUPPORT INCREASES IN
ENROLLMENT. BOTH CAMPUSES NEED
THE DELAYED 2023 24 FANS IN FULL
TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR INTENDED
PROJECTS. USING MERCED PLANS TO
CONSTRUCT A CLASSROOM AND OFFICE
BUILDING THREE FOR AN ESTIMATED
TOTAL PROJECT. COST OF $68
MILLION. THE BUILDING WILL
PROVIDE NEW CLASSROOMS, FACULTY
OFFICE SPACE AND RESEARCH SPACE
FOR CAMPUS TO BEGIN OFFERING 20
NEW UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS IN
THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT IS
NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE
CAMPUSES INSTRUCTIONAL CAPACITY
BY INCREASING INVENTORY OF LARGE
AND MEDIUM CLASSROOMS, WHICH ARE
NECESSARY TO INITIATE
SIGNIFICANT LARGE UNDERGRADUATE
PROGRAM MAJORS. THE BUILDING
WILL INCLUDE 35 NEW FACULTY
OFFICES INCLUDE ALLOWING THE
CAMPUS TO HIGHER THAN NECESSARY
FACULTY TO LAUNCH NEW MAJORS.
THE EXPANSION OF AVAILABLE
MEASURES WILL ALLOW THE CAMPUS
TO ATTRACT MORE STUDENTS AND
EXPAND ENROLLMENT TO HELP REACH
THE SYSTEM WIDE ENROLLMENT
GROWTH TARGETS. U C. RIVERSIDE
CAMPUS EXPANSION. WOULD
CONSTRUCT UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING
AND LEARNING FACILITY FOR AN
ESTIMATED TOTAL PROJECT. COST OF
$154 MILLION. THE PROJECT
CONSISTS OF 900 CLASSROOM SEATS
AND CRITICAL LAB. AND STUDIO
SPACES THAT WILL SERVE THOUSANDS
OF UC RIVERSIDE STUDENTS ON A
DAILY BASIS, ENABLING THE CAMPUS
TO INCREASE COURSE AVAILABILITY
REDUCED TIME 2 DEGREES AND
FACILITATE ENROLLMENT GROWTH.
THE CAMPUS PRO PROJECTS THAT
THIS FACILITY WOULD ALLOW FOR
INCREASED IN ROAMING UP TO 3000
STUDENTS. THE CAMPUS NEEDS
FUNDING CERTAINTY TO MOVE
FORWARD WITH THE INTENDED DESIGN
BUILD PROCUREMENT FOR THIS
PROJECT. AND THE U. C. BERKELEY
CLEAN ENERGY CAMPUS PROJECT
RECEIVED 83 MILLION IN THE
CURRENT YEAR AND WHAT WAS
PROPOSED TO RECEIVE 83 MILLION
IN THE BUDGET YEAR. THE
ADDITIONAL FUNDING IS NOW BEING
DELAYED. THE CLEAN ENERGY CAMPUS
PROJECT WILL HAVE REPLACED èC.
BERKELEY'S NATURAL GAS FIELD,
COGEN PLANT THAT SUPPLIES 90% OF
THE CAMPUS ENERGY WITH CLEAN
ENERGY MICRO CRED. THE CURRENT
COGEN PLANT HAS LESS THAN 10
YEARS OF USEFUL LIFE LEFT. THE
CLEAN ENERGY CAMPUS PROJECT,
ENGINEERING AND DESIGN STUDIES
ARE NEARING COMPLETION AND
PRECONSTRUCTION DESIGNS WILL BE
COMPLETE. BY THE END OF THIS
YEAR. CONSTRUCTION IS READY TO
BEGIN IN 2024 THE FIRST TWO
PROJECT PHASES. PHASE ONE ALONE
WILL ACHIEVE 200 MILLION AND
AVOIDED COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
THE UPKEEP OF THE OLD PLANT AND
AGE STEAM SYSTEM. PHASE ONE WILL
REDUCE CAMPUS FOSSIL FUEL
COMBUSTION BY 85% AND ACHIEVE A
70% REDUCTION IN RELATED CAMPUS
ADMISSIONS. THE CALIFORNIA
INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY AND
IMMUNOTHERAPY AT U C L. A WILL
BE A MULTIDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
INSTITUTE, UTILIZING
BIOTECHNOLOGY TO STUDY
IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOTHERAPY.
THE INSTITUTE WAS DEVELOPED IN
CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH A LARGE
NUMBER OF CONSTITUENTS,
INCLUDING LEADING SCIENTISTS,
ACADEMICS, DOCTORS AND
PHILANTHROPIST. THE LAND FOR THE
INSTITUTE WILL BE PROVIDED BY U
C L. A TO DATE OVER TWO MILLION
IN PRIVATE PHILANTHROPIC FUNDS
HAVE BEEN SPENT ON TO INSTITUTE
INCLUDING DETERMINING
AFFILIATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE UNIVERSITY AND THE NONPROFIT
, WHICH BY THE WAY WAS CONCLUDED
YESTERDAY, SO THAT'S BEEN
SIGNED. BèC REGIONS WILL
CONSIDER THIS PROJECT AT THEIR
APRIL MEETING. SHOULD THE
FUNDING BE PROVIDED BY THE STATE
AS ANTICIPATED THE PROJECT WILL
BE READY TO BID IN SUMMER OF
2023 THE UNIVERSITY OF REQUESTS,
THE LEGISLATURE APPROVED THE
APPROPRIATIONS TO PURSUE THESE
PROJECTS IN THE BUDGET YEAR AND
NOT DELAY THESE MUCH NEEDED
CLASSROOMS, CLEAN ENERGY AND
HEALTH RESEARCH. IF THESE
BERKELEY MERCED IN RIVERSIDE
PROJECTS WERE MOVED AT THE
UNIVERSITY'S A B 94 BOND
FINANCING, THE UNIVERSITY WOULD
LIKE LEGISLATIVE INTENT LANGUAGE
INDICATING THAT ONCE THE PROJECT
IS COMPLETE, THE ANNUAL BOND
PAYMENT WILL BE APPROPRIATED THE
UNIVERSITY AS ADDITIONAL FUNDING
THE DOWNSIDE OF THIS METHOD OF
FINANCING IS THAT THE
UNIVERSITY'S LIMITED BY STATE
STATUTE TO NO MORE THAN 15% OF
OUR STATE APPROPRIATIONS BEING
SPENT ON BOND FINANCING, AND WE
ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THEIR
MAXIMUM FUNDING. THESE PROJECTS
THROUGH THE ABBEY 94 FINANCING
WOULD MEAN THAT OTHER POTENTIAL
PROJECTS COULD BE CROWDED OUT
AND DELAYED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE ALL THE
PRESENTATIONS? OKAY I'D LIKE TO
TURN IT TO A COMMITTEE QUESTIONS
STARTING WITH MS CERVANTES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I WANT TO START BY
STATING MY APPRECIATION FOR YOU
SEE, CONTINUING TO SUPPORT
PROVIDING ONGOING FUNDING FOR
THE UNIVERSITY OF RIVERSIDE
CAMPUS EXPANSION PROJECT AND
THANKFUL FOR THE ONGOING SUPPORT
FOR EXPANDING ENROLLMENT. YOU
SEE OUR MEDICAL SCHOOL? IT IS MY
UNDERSTANDING THIS INQUIRY IS TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. IT IS
MY UNDERSTANDING THAT DESPITE
THE U, C L, A IMMUNOLOGY AND
IMMUNOTHERAPY INSTITUTE PROJECT
BEING FAR FROM READY, THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL STILL
INCLUDES FUNDING FOR IT. ON THE
OTHER HAND, YOU WANT FUNDING.
FOR PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE ARE
AND èC RIVERSIDE. U C.
RIVERSIDE, UC MERCED TO BE PUT
ON HOLD YOUR PROPOSAL AS CAPITAL
PROJECTS. THOSE CAMPUSES RECEIVE
NO FUNDING. IT IS VERY
CONCERNING TO ME THAT YOU SEE
CAMPUSES IN THE WEALTHIER PARTS
OF CALIFORNIA. CONTINUE TO
RECEIVE FUNDING WHILE CAMPUSES
AND THE MORE HISTORICALLY
HISTORICALLY UNDERFUNDED,
NEGLECTED PARTS OF OUR STATE
LIKE THE ONE THAT I REPRESENT,
CONTINUE TO BE UNDER SUPPORTED
AND UNDERFUNDED. UH, THIS
DISPARITY IS THIS EXCEPTION,
ESPECIALLY OUTRAGEOUS AND
PARTICULAR BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND
THAT THE CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS
THAT U. C RIVERSIDE HAD BEEN
PLANNED FOR YEARS NOW. AND ARE
MUCH FURTHER ALONG IN THE
PLANNING PROCESS, AND SO WE
COULD GET A RESPONSE FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. WHY IS
FUNDING FOR THE U? C L. A
CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECT BEING
PRIORITIZED OVER THOSE AT UC
RIVERSIDE UC MERCED WHEN THEY
USED TO LAY PROJECT IS FURTHER
BEHIND IN PLANNING. THANK YOU
FOR YOUR QUESTION.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CERVANTES.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'RE JUST LIKE TO
RATE THEIR HEAD ADMINISTRATION
COMMITMENT TO FULFILLING ALL
THESE PROJECTS. CURRENTLY THESE
PROJECTS ARE DELAYED FOR ONE
YEAR AND THEY'RE NOT PART OF ANY
SOLUTIONS REGARDING DEFENDING
THAT. YOU'RE POINTING OUT ABOUT
èC L A, UM ALL THE PROJECTS ARE
DELAYED ABOUT 60% OF THEIR
FUNDING. SO THEY èC LH WAS A
BIGGER PROJECT REQUIRES MORE
FUNDING. BUT OVERALL, THIS
PROJECT HEARTILY FOR ABOUT 60%
OF THE ENTIRE FUNDING PROPOSED.
SO AGAIN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. IS IT FISCALLY PRUDENT
TO DELAY ONE PROJECT THAT IS
SHOVEL READY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT
ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS NOT THIS
IS PART OF THE 2020 THROUGH
BUDGET ACT. UM DECISIONS THAT
WERE TAKEN WERE SIMPLY DELAYING
THE FUNDING FOR ONE YEAR. WHY
LET ME THANK THE L O FOR THEIR
VIEW ON THIS MATTER. I KNOW THAT
I MAY SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD
EVERY TIME THIS IS BROUGHT UP,
BUT THIS ISSUE MATTERS. IT
MATTERS TO OUR COMMUNITY AND IS
ONE OF MY PRIORITIES SINCE BEING
ELECTED TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE
IN 2016 IS TO FIGHT FOR THE
NEEDS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE. TO
FINALLY GET ITS FAIR SHARE OF
RESOURCES FROM THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THERE. THIS IS WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT EQUALITY. WHEN
YOU TALK ABOUT EQUITY, WE ARE
FAR BEHIND IT. AND IF WE WANT TO
TALK ABOUT EQUALITY AND EQUITY,
WE SHOULD NOT BE SEEING THESE
DELAYS IN FUNDING AT BOTH OF
THESE CAMPUSES. AND SO I JUST
WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS A
SERIOUS MATTER. I KNOW THERE ARE
MANY ISSUES. WE'RE ALL FIGHTING
FOR UP HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR
COMMUNITIES THAT SAID IT IS A
LOGICAL TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE
FUNDING FOR A PROJECT AT UCLA.
THAT FRANKLY, SEEMS LIKE IT'S UH
, REMAINS ON THE DRAWING BOARD
WHILE DELAYING FUNDING FOR
CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT BOTH U. C
RIVERSIDE AND UC MERCED THAT
THAT ARE FURTHER ALONG. THEN YOU
ARE READY TO GO. THIS DECISION
SEEMS LIKE YET ANOTHER
CONTINUATION OF THE SYSTEMIC AND
HISTORICAL INEQUITIES THAT FAVOR
OR COASTAL AREAS AT THE EXPENSE
OF LESS WEALTHY REGIONS LIKE THE
INLAND EMPIRE. IT IS MY SINCERE
HOPE THAT THE ADMINISTRATION CAN
BE PERSUADED TO DO THE RIGHT
THING. AND FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE
PROMISES THAT WERE MADE LAST
YEAR. WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATURE
AND PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE
CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS AT BOTH
èC RIVERSIDE AND U. C. MERCED.
OUR COMMUNITIES MATTER. OKAY I
DON'T THINK WE NEED AN ANSWER TO
THAT. I THINK MR VON TEASES IS
SPEAKING THE TRUTH FROM HER
OPINION, AND, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING
FOR MR MEDINA BACK HOME, I KNOW
WOULD SUPPORT THIS AND I CONCUR
. I KNOW, UM IN THE BUDGET
PROCESS, A LOT OF TIMES WE, UM,
HAVE TO PICK WINNERS AND LOSERS
. THAT'S JUST THE REALITY
CHOICES FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.
EVERYBODY'S A WINNER. IT'S LIKE
OPRAH CAR FOR YOU. A CAR FOR
YOU. EVERYBODY GETS A CAR. BUT
NOW WE'RE BACK TO REALITY, AND
WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES. AND SO
IF WE DO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH
CHOICES, WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THE
BIGGEST RETURN FOR OUR TOP
PRIORITIES. AND SO, UM, THOSE
THERE ARE CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT
WE WILL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
BASED UPON OUR PRIORITIES. UM MR
ALVAREZ? YEAH, I WOULD ECHO SOME
OF THOSE, UM COMMENTS IN
PARTICULAR WHAT I NOTE AS WE'RE
LOOKING TO GROW ENROLLMENT IN
OUR SYSTEMS. UM IS THAT IN THE
èC CAPITAL FINANCING PLAN? FROM
2020 TO THE U. C. L. A PROJECT
WASN'T EVEN MENTIONED THE FACT
THAT IT'S MADE IT ONTO A
PRIORITY PRIORITY. UM IS THE
QUESTION THAT REMAINS TO ME?
WHY? WHY WHY WAS THAT PROJECT
PRIORITIZED OVER OTHER NEEDS? UM
PRETTY CLEARLY TO ME. THERE IS
NEED AT RIVERSIDE FOR EXPANSION
, AND THAT SHOULD BE A PRIORITY
PROJECT NUMBER ONE OUT OF THESE
FOUR UM THE OTHERS DON'T
NECESSARILY ADDRESS. I THINK A
CRITICAL ISSUE, WHICH IS HOW ARE
WE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE EDUCATE
MORE KIDS. AND YOU COULD MAYBE
MAKE AN ARGUMENT AT MERCED. BUT
EVEN THAT THE PROJECTED
ENROLLMENT GROWTH WOULDN'T
REALLY EVEN JUSTIFY AN EXPANSION
OF PROJECT FOR THE NEXT FOUR OR
FIVE YEARS, AND SO I THINK I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE EVIDENCE
AS TO WHY THESE PROJECTS MAKES
SENSE TO GROW ENROLLMENT. IF
THAT'S SUPPOSEDLY WHAT YOU SEE
IS GOING TO BE DOING OVER THE
NEXT YEAR AT ALL NINE CAMPUSES
AND PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS
FIRST AGAIN. CLEARLY RIVERSIDE
CAMPUS SHOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE
PRIORITY. AND THEN PERHAPS,
MERCED. IF THE GROWTH IS GOING
TO BE THERE. BUT IF IT'S NOT, WE
SHOULD BE LOOKING AT PROJECTS
WHERE THE GROWTH AND THE NEED
FOR COLLAPSE FROM SPACE EXISTS
FOR OUR STUDENTS, SO THAT WE
DON'T GET INTO THIS BACK AND
FORTH OF. WHY DID WE NOT ENROLL
MORE KIDS? WELL, BECAUSE WE
DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOM
BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
HOUSING. LET'S PRIORITIZE THOSE
PROJECTS SO WE CAN GET OUR KIDS
INTO THE CLASSROOM. UM AND THAT
WE'VE STOPPED, UM. THE REJECTION
. THE REJECTION RATE, WHICH IS I
THINK, UM, STILL NOT GOOD ENOUGH
FOR OUR SYSTEM. SO THOSE ARE MY
COMMENTS. OKAY, MR FONG. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIRPERSON, AND
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR FOLKS HERE
FOR THE PRESENTATIONS HERE TODAY
WE HAD ROBUST DISCUSSIONS ON
ROMAN BASED BUDGET AND HOW WE
CAN CONTINUE EXPAND CAPACITY AND
OUR èC SYSTEM AND OUR CAMPUSES.
HOW CAN CONTINUE TO GROW? AH!
MORE IN STATE RESIDENT
POPULATION AS WELL AND AS WE
CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD ON
EXECUTING ON THOSE AREAS IN
ESPECIALLY ARE IMPACTED CAMPUSES
THAT UCLA, SAN DIEGO AND
BERKELEY AND YOU KNOW, WE
TOUCHED UPON IT EARLIER. BUT MR
MERCY YOU MENTIONED THE 24% AT
BERKELEY SAYS. WE CONTINUE TO
LOOK AT HOW WE CAN CONTINUE.
EXPAND UP JUST FOR èC FOR
CALIFORNIA STUDENTS. I THINK
THAT'S CRITICAL GOING FORWARD IN
TERMS OF MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS
THANK YOU TO MR VONTAZE. MR
ALVAREZ FOR BRINGING UP DO YOU
SEE RIVERSIDE PROJECT? I
UNDERSTAND I WAS THE TOP
PRIORITY FOR THE SYSTEM AND 2021
2021 FACILITIES PLAN AND THAT
WOULD HELP EXPAND 900 CLASSROOM
SEATS. AND SO WE LOOK AT INLAND
RISING WHEN WE LOOK AT OTHER
AREAS EXPANDING CAPACITY, THE
SYSTEM IS CRITICAL AS WE
CONTINUE TO LOOK AT THE FUTURE
OF OUR SYSTEM HERE. UM AND THEN
AT THE SAME TIME WITH UCLA AND
THE MINIMUM IMMUNO THERAPY
SYSTEM, UH, CENTER IN LOS
ANGELES. THERE'S GROWING BIOTECH
CORRIDOR ALONG VALLEY BOULEVARD
AND L, A COUNTY AND U C L. A
BEING A CENTER OF INNOVATION. AS
WELL. SO AS MR MCCARTHY SAID,
IT'S ALWAYS TRYING TO LOOK AT
THE BALANCE OF EVERYTHING HERE,
BUT I THINK AS WE GO FORWARD HOW
WE CAN CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR MERCED,
RIVERSIDE. AND YOU, C L A. AND
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS
FACILITIES ON FINANCING AS WELL.
UM THESE ARE ISSUES THAT ARE
GONNA BE CRITICAL FOR US AND SO
REALLY WANNA AMPLIFIED. THE NEED
TO LOOK AT FACILITIES THAT
EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
STUDENTS AND EXPAND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GROWTH OF
OUR ECONOMY. ERIC, CALIFORNIA
THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU.
BEHOLD THIS ISSUE. OPEN ISSUE
NUMBER FOUR TRANSFER
REQUIREMENTS FOR U C L A U F L A
OH, AND THEN YOU SEE GABRIELLA
CHAVEZ WITH THE PERMANENT
FINANCE, PARTICULARLY TO THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. LOS
ANGELES. U. C L A AS A CONDITION
OF RECEIVING 20 MILLION. ONE
TIME OFFICE STATE GENERAL FUND
THROUGH THE UC CAMPUS ALLOCATION
MODEL. THE ADMINISTRATION
REQUIRES U C. L A TO PARTICIPATE
IN THE èC TRANSFER ADMISSION
GUARANTEE PROGRAM TAG AND TO
OFFER ASSOCIATE DEGREE FOR
TRANSFER PROGRAM PATHWAYS TO
STUDENTS SEEKING TO TRANSFER
FROM A CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. ADMINISTRATION IS
COMMITTED TO INCREASING THE
STUDENT ACCESS TO HIGHER
EDUCATION, AFFORDABILITY AND
EQUITY. THIS PROPOSAL FOR
INCREASES ACCESS TO STUDENTS AND
PROMOTE BETTER ALIGNMENT, INTER
PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS, WE WELCOME USES
PROPOSALS AND LOOK FORWARD TO
WORKING TOGETHER TO INCREASE
ACCESS FOR ALL CALIFORNIANS.
THANK YOU, ELIA. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR INCLINED WITH THE L A L.
COMMENTS ON THE TRANSFER
PROPOSAL BEGIN IN YOUR AGENDA ON
PAGE 27. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE
LEGISLATURE REJECT THIS PROPOSAL
AND ADOPT A MORE HOLISTIC
APPROACH. THE GOVERNOR IS
ATTEMPTING TO EASE THE TRANSFER
PROCESS. HOWEVER THE SINGLING
OUT OF ONE U. C. CAMPUS SETS
POOR POLICY PRECEDENTS. U C L A
CURRENTLY ACCEPTS THE HIGHEST
NUMBER OF TRANSFER STUDENTS THAN
ANY OTHER U. C CAMPUS AS WELL AS
HAS THE LOWEST FRESHMAN TO
TRANSFER STUDENT RATIO. THIS
PROPOSAL FOCUSES SOLELY ON
INPUTS WHETHER OR NOT THE
INSTITUTION ADOPTS THE TRANSFER
POLICY RATHER THAN OUTCOMES, AND
THAT IS THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF
THE TRANSFER STUDENTS. THE
LEGISLATURE WOULD LIKE ALL UC
CAMPUSES TO PARTICIPATE IN TAG
OR A D. D A D T PROGRAMS AS THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL WOULD
REQUIRE èC L A TO DO, WE WOULD
ENCOURAGE IT TO COORDINATE WITH
, YOU SEE, AND HOW TO NAVIGATE
THE ASSOCIATED ACADEMIC
TRANSITIONS. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. OKAY? THANK YOU, èC. S¼
OF OUR TENANT FOR UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. TRANSFER STUDENTS
ARE CENTRAL TO èC THEIR CORE
PART OF WHO WE ARE AND HOW WE
SERVE OUR MISSION OF EXCELLENCE
AND ACCESS. UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA IS COMMITTED TO
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR
CALIFORNIA'S COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS STARTING AS EARLY AS
MIDDLE SCHOOL. èC HAS PROGRAMS
ACROSS THE STATE TO HELP
STUDENTS PREPARE FOR TRANSFER AS
A PATH TO A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE
DEGREE. IN ADDITION, èC WORKS
DIRECTLY WITH OVER 40,000,
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS TO HELP THEM PLAN AND
PREPARE FOR TRANSFER TO UC
CAMPUS. THROUGH S¼ PREP PROGRAMS
SUCH AS TRANSFER PREP MESA AND
THE PROJECT. WE HAVE WORK TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENT TRANSFER
STUDENTS THROUGH INCREASED
ADVISING ONLINE RESOURCES, SUCH
AS THE ASSIST TOOL, WHICH HELPS
STUDENTS IDENTIFIED
TRANSFERRABLE CLASSES AND
UNDERSTAND HOW COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CREDITS APPLY TO A UC DEGREE. IN
ADDITION, U. C CAMPUSES ARE
COMMITTED TO THE 2 TO 1 RATIO.
OF ADMITTING ONE TRANSFER
STUDENTS FOR EVERY TWO FRESHMEN
TO ENSURE THAT TRANSFER STUDENTS
ALSO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES. THESE
EFFORTS HAVE HAD AN IMPACT
BETWEEN 2014 AND 2021. THE
NUMBER OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE
APPLICANTS DO YOU SEE INCREASED
BY A THIRD AND THE NUMBER OF
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS
ADMITTED TO THE èC INCREASED BY
MORE THAN THAT 36% DURING THE
SAME PERIOD. WE HAVE ALSO MADE
SIGNIFICANT STRIDES AND
INCREASING DIVERSITY. IN THE
LAST DECADE. ENROLLMENT AMONG
STUDENTS FROM UNDERREPRESENTED
GROUPS HAS GROWN MUCH FASTER
THAN OVERALL ENROLLMENT.
UNFORTUNATELY THE ENROLLMENT
DECLINE TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS
BEGINNING TO BE REFLECTED IN THE
SIZE OF THE TRANSFER POOL. THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER
APPLICANTS FELT BY 12% FROM FALL
OF 2021 TO FOLLOW 2022. THE
APPLICANT POOL FOR FALL OF 2023
HAS DECLINED BY ANOTHER 3.7. THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL IS DIRECTED
SPECIFICALLY AT U C L A. SO I
WANT TO NOTE A FEW THINGS ABOUT
THEIR SUCCESS WITH TRANSFER
STUDENTS. YOU SEE L A HAS THE
LARGEST PORTION OF TRANSFERS IN
NEW ENROLLMENTS COMPARED TO ANY
OTHER èC CAMPUS. U C L A HAS
THE HIGHEST RATE OF TRANSFER
APPLICANTS SYSTEM WIDE
ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT 60% OF èC
TRANSFER APPLICATIONS AND ADMITS
ABOUT 27% OF ITS COMMUNITY
COLLEGE TRANSFER APPLICANTS. AS
A CAMPUS THAT RECEIVES TRANSFER
APPLICATIONS AND ACCESS TO THE
NUMBER OF REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE
THEIR ENROLLMENT TARGET. U C L A
S HOLISTIC REVIEW PROCESS
RESULTS IN ADMITTING AND
ENROLLING A TRANSFER CLASS WITH
GREATER DIVERSITY THAN THAT OF
FRESHMAN ENTRANCE. I DO WANT TO
NOTE THAT THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSED BUDGET TRAILER BILL
INCLUDES A $20 MILLION PENALTY
ON UCL LÀ IF THE CAMPUS DOES NOT
COMPLY WITH THE NEW TRANSFER
REQUIREMENTS. IF SUCH A PENALTY
WERE IMPLEMENTED, THE UC SYSTEM
WOULD BEGIN TO SEE DISPARITIES
IN THE FUNDING PER STUDENT AT
OUR CAMPUSES. SINCE 2016. THE UC
SYSTEM HAS WORKED TO STANDARDIZE
THE WEIGHTED FUNDING PER STUDENT
AT ALL OUR CAMPUSES SO THAT THE
SAME RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE FOR
INSTRUCTION ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
WE DO ASK THAT ANY FINAL
PROPOSAL NOT INCLUDE A FISCAL
PENALTY ON THE CAMPUS OR THE
SYSTEM. THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA APPRECIATES THE
GOVERNOR'S INTENT TO IMPROVE THE
TRANSFER EXPERIENCE FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS, AND
WE LOOK FORWARD TO DEVELOPING
SOLUTIONS THAT CLARIFIED THE
TRANSFER PROCESS AND INCREASE
ENROLLMENT OF TRANSFER STUDENTS.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE
ARE ONE YOU SEE, AND POLICIES
THAT CREATE DIFFERENT PROCESSES
FOR ONLY ONE CAMPUS ARE NOT
ALIGNED WITH THE INTENT OF A
SINGLE SYSTEM. I'M NOW GOING TO
TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE,
HON. ME EUN WOO HOO WILL GO OVER
OUR ALTERNATIVE SYSTEM WIDE
PROPOSAL. THANK YOU CHAIR
MCCARTHY FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE THIS
MORNING. MY NAME IS HAN MI YEON
WOO, AND I'M, THE EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR FOR THE SYSTEM WIDE
UNDERGRADUATE ADMISSIONS AT THE
UNIVERSITY. I'VE BEEN WITH THE
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FOR OVER
20 YEARS AND I CAN ATTEST TO THE
COMMITMENT YOU SEE, FACULTY AND
STAFF HAVE TOWARD NOT ONLY
PROVIDING ACCESS TO COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS SEEKING A
BACCALAUREATE DEGREE. BUT ALSO
IN FACILITATING THEIR SUCCESS IN
A TIMELY MANNER. TO THAT END,
THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA IS
DEVELOPING A NEW SYSTEM WIDE
TRANSFER ADMISSION PROPOSAL THAT
WILL SIMPLIFY THE TRANSFER
PROCESS FOR STUDENTS. THE
PROPOSAL STANDARDIZES THE LOWER
DIVISION MAJOR PREPARATION FOR
ALL UC CAMPUSES IN THE MOST IN
DEMAND MAJORS. GUARANTEES
ADMISSION TO THE UC SYSTEM IF
THE STUDENT MEETS A G P
REQUIREMENT. AND ALIGNS MANY OF
THE COURSES REQUIRED WITH C S U.
S ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS BY
USING CAL GET SEE THE NEW SET OF
LOWER DIVISION GENERAL EDUCATION
REQUIREMENTS COMMON TO BOTH THE
UC AND CSU RECENTLY ADOPTED BY
BOTH UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS.
STARTING IN 2025. BOTH SYSTEMS
WILL HAVE THE SAME GENERAL
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
TRANSFER STUDENTS FOR THE FIRST
TIME. THIS IS A NEW DEVELOPMENT
THAT CREATES IMPORTANT
STREAMLINING FOR TRANSFERS. BUT
GENERAL EDUCATION IS ONLY ONE
PIECE OF TRANSFER PREPARATION
NEEDED FOR STUDENTS TO SUCCEED
THAT YOU SEE. THE UNIVERSITY'S
NEW TRANSFER PROPOSAL WILL
UTILIZE MAJOR PREPARATION
COURSES ACCEPTED ACROSS èC
CAMPUSES. THESE STANDARDIZED
COURSES ARE CONTAINED IN THE èC
TRANSFER PATHWAYS. THE ROAD MAPS
FOR THE LOWER DIVISION MAJOR
PREPARATION COURSES NEEDED IN
OUR 20 MOST IN DEMAND MAJORS.
THE UNIVERSITY PROPOSES A SYSTEM
WIDE GUARANTEED ADMISSION TO
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS, STUDENTS
WHO COMPLETE THE NEW KALG ETC.
GENERAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
AND THE COURSE IS SPECIFIED IN A
èC TRANSFER PATHWAY WITH A
SPECIFIED MINIMUM GPA AS
DETERMINED BY THE FACULTY.
STUDENTS ARE GUARANTEED
ADMISSION TO AT LEAST ONE CAMPUS
IN THE UC SYSTEM. AND IF A
STUDENT IS NOT SELECTED BY A
CAMPUS OF CHOICE, THEY WILL BE
REDIRECTED TO SANTA CRUZ IN THE
NORTH RIVERSIDE IN THE SOUTH, OR
MERCED IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY.
OUR PROPOSED APPROACH PROVIDES
STUDENTS WITH MORE CHOICE
STUDENTS CHOOSE TO EARN AN A T T
AND COMPLETE THE ADDITIONAL
COURSEWORK NEEDED FOR YOU SEE,
IN ORDER TO SECURE THE UC SYSTEM
GUARANTEE THAT OPTION IS
AVAILABLE TO THEM, BUT IT MAY
DELAY THEIR CHAIN TO TRANSFER
WHILE THEY COMPLETE CSU SPECIFIC
OR ELECTIVE COURSES AT COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. THAT THEY COULD
COMPLETE AFTER THEY TRANSFERRED
TO èC. WE BELIEVE THE NEW
GENERAL EDUCATION COURSE PATTERN
AND èC TRANSFER PATHWAYS.
COMBINATION PLACES TRANSFER
STUDENTS IN THE BEST POSITION TO
SUCCEED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA AND FOR THOSE WHO
MEET THE GPS REQUIREMENT, THEY
WILL ALSO HAVE THE GUARANTEE OF
ADMISSION. TO AT LEAST ONE èC
CAMPUS. THANK YOU. OKAY? THANK
YOU. UM QUESTIONS ON THIS, MR
FONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR
CHAIRMAN AND THANK YOU TO ALL
THE PRESENTERS REPRESENTING
INFORMATION ON ON THIS, AND I
THINK EVERYONE'S OUTLINED THE
CASE HERE THAT E C L A HAS THE
LOWEST RACIAL ARE FRESHMEN OF
TRANSFER STUDENTS AT 1.53 AND
MUCH BETTER THAN THE SEACM OF
ONE TRANSFER. EVERY TWO
FRESHMEN. AND THE TRANSFER
STUDENTS AT UCLA GRADUATE HIGHER
RATES IN THE SYSTEM OVERALL. SO
IS THERE A COMPELLING REASON AS
TO WHY UCL HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT?
ON THIS, AND I HEARD COMMENTS
ALSO THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT A
SYSTEM WIDE POLICY. AH, UM AND
YOU SEE L A. HASN'T ROLLED
3,303,300. NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS
MORE THAN THE OTHER U. C CAMPUS.
FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE BY THE
NUMBERS AND THE DATA. SEEMS THAT
U C L A HAS A MEETING ITS
COMMITMENT ON TRANSFER AND WE
KNOW THAT THERE'S ALWAYS MORE
WORK TO BE DONE TO EXPAND
OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL. BUT TO
THE DEPARTMENT FINANCE CAN SHARE
THE RATIONALE AND REASONING
BEHIND. REQUIRING JUST U C L A
TO PARTICIPATE IN TAG OR A T T.
GABRIELA CHAVEZ, WITH THE
PERMANENT FINANCE ADMINISTRATION
HAS LONG WORKED TO INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF TRANSFER STUDENTS AND
TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER
PROCESS TO FOUR YEAR
INSTITUTIONS. WE HAVE FULL
CONFIDENCE THAT U C L A IS
EQUIPPED TO IMPLEMENT THE
PROPOSED POLICY. UM THE POLICY
SEEKS TO INCREASE DIVERSITY
EQUITY AND A STUDENT ACCESS TO
HYDRATE THE QUESTION EDUCATION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. I
JUST APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS,
BUT I THINK THAT U C L A IS THEN
TREMENDOUS WORKER ON THIS AREA.
AND SO WHY IS THERE JUST THE
SINGLING OUT OF THIS ONE CAMPUS
? PRETTY SIMPLE. U C L, A
ENROLLED FAR MORE STUDENTS FROM
SANTA MONICA COLLEGE. DANNY DOES
FROM MISS LOS ANGELES COLLEGE.
THAT'S JUST ONE EXAMPLE ON HOW
WE SEE TO REMEDY THIS ISSUE OF
INCLUDING WITH DIVERSITY. YOU
MENTIONED THESE TELL A COLLEGE?
NO I DID NOT ATTEND COLLEGE AND
WHICH, SO IT'S, UM THEY ENROLLED
FAR MORE FROM SANTA MONICA
COLLEGE, LOS ANGELES COLLEGE, SO
WE SEEK TO LOOK AT THE
VERSATILITY IN THIS POLICY.
OKAY? THANK YOU FOR THOSE
COMMENTS. WHEN I SERVED AS AN
TRUSTEE, I WORKED CLOSELY WITH
THE NINE COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
U C L A, I THINK WAS A STRONG
PARTNER THERE. SO WHEN WE LOOK
AT THE DATA, I THINK IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE RIGHT. SO
SMC HAS A VERY STRONG UM
TRANSFER CULTURE AND SO WITH
WHEN WE LOOK AT OUR COMMITTEE
COLLEGE IS A LOT OF THEM ARE
TRYING TO MAKE THE STUDENTS
WHERE THEY ARE AND HELP THEM
TRANSFER HELP THEM BASIC NEEDS
AND A NUMBER OF ISSUES. BUT IN
TERMS OF THEIR OVERALL NUMBERS
THAT L A. I THINK UM, IF WE'RE
GONNA LOOK AT A POLICY, MAYBE WE
SHOULD LOOK AT SOMETHING SYSTEM
WIDE AND TO INCENTIVIZE A SYSTEM
WIDE POLICY. AND IF YOU FEEL A
OR ANY OTHER SCHOOL IS MEETING
THOSE METRICS. SHOULD WE
INCENTIVIZE INSTEAD OF HAVING A
PUNITIVE REQUIREMENT? I'M HAPPY
TO TAKE YOUR COMMENTS BACK TO
MANAGEMENT. THANKS FRANK JACKSON
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, JUST
WANTED TO WEIGH IN AND SAY THAT
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BEST
POSSIBLE OUTCOMES OF THIS
PROPOSAL HAS BEEN THE OPEN
ENGAGEMENT OF UNITY UNIVERSITY
OF CALIFORNIA AND TRYING TO MEET
THE GOALS THAT HAVE BEEN
ARTICULATED BY BOTH THIS
ADMINISTRATION AND BY MEMBERS OF
THIS COMMITTEE, AND WE WELCOME
MR MCCARTHY'S COMMENTS AT THE
OVERVIEW HEARING FOR ENVISIONING
A PROCESS FOR TRANSFER THAT WAS
ESSENTIALLY EXTREME LIGHT AND
EQUAL AS POSSIBLE AMONG THE
SEGMENTS. THAT IS ALSO OUR GOAL.
THIS METHOD HAS YIELDED SOME
TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN
CONVERSATION BETWEEN BOTH THE
ARM ON THE ADMINISTRATION, THE
LEGISLATURE AND THE èC. SO
PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. YOU
KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER
OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION OVER
THE YEARS TO ADVANCE THIS GOAL.
AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS PROCESS
AND THIS METHOD IS ONLY
ENHANCING THAT WORK AND
ACHIEVING POTENTIALLY ORAL
SHARED LONG TERM GOAL. SOONER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAVEZ AND
COLLEAGUES FOR HIS COMMENTS. I
REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO I
THINK ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO
CONTINUES CONVERSATIONS WITH ALL
PARTIES AND WE LOOK AT SPENDING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE TRANSFERS. THAT'S A WIN
WIN. I THINK ALL THE WAY AROUND
AND ALSO WANNA GIVE A SHOUT OUT
TO OFFERED HERRERA, WHO RUNS US
èC ONLY CENTER FOR COMMUNE
COLLEGE PARTNERSHIPS. I THINK
THEY'VE DONE TREMENDOUS WORK AS
WELL. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO
CONVERSATIONS HERE, THOSE ARE MY
INITIAL COMMENTS. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. THANK YOU. GOOD COMMENTS
, MR FONG. AND JUST FOLLOWING UP
ON THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK
THIS IS, UH, THAT INTERESTING
PROPOSAL KIND OF A HEAD
SCRATCHER, BUT IT HAS TREMENDOUS
OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN UP THIS
ISSUE. WE'RE OPEN UP THIS THIS
THIS CANNON LIKE IT'S KIND OF
MESSY, BUT SOMETIMES WE NEED TO
DO THAT. AND, YOU KNOW I THINK
OUR JOB IS CONNECTING THE DOTS
LIKE WE DID EARLIER WITH THE
ENROLLMENT AND THE 5% TO THE
COMPACT AND JUST ALL THESE
THINGS IN CALIFORNIA STUDENTS
EARLIER WE TALKED ABOUT NOT
ENOUGH. COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TRANSFER STUDENTS. THIS IS A
PROBLEM THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
TWEAKING THIS 2 TO 1 RATIO. AND
SO IF WE DO THIS RIGHT, WE CAN
LITERALLY ADDRESS ONE OF THOSE
OTHER ISSUES. BUT, UM. IT NEEDS
TO BE SIMPLIFIED. I THINK THE
REASON WE DON'T HAVE IT AS MANY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER
STUDENTS, YOU KNOW, THERE IS A
DIP A LITTLE BIT IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AND REMEMBER, WE STILL
HAVE TWO MILLION COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS. NOT ALL ARE
GOING FOR TRANSFER. AND IT'S
JUST COMPLICATED, SO I DON'T
KNOW WHY WE WOULD HAVE ONE
TRANSFER RULES. FOR U C. L. A.
ONE FOR THE OTHER E U. C
CAMPUSES AND THEN ONE SET OF
RULES FOR CSU. SO IF YOU'RE A
STUDENT AT SANTA MONICA COLLEGE,
WHICH IS WORD THE CREAM OF THE
CROP STUDENTS GO TO TRANSFER.
WHAT ABOUT IF YOU'RE HARTNELL
COLLEGE IN SALINAS. AND LIKE YOU
DON'T KNOW THESE RULES. YOUR
YOUR FAMILY HASN'T GONE TO
COLLEGE BEFORE AND JUST TRYING
TO GO THERE GOOD GOOD GRADES AND
TRANSFER, WHETHER IT'S CAL
STATE, MONTEREY OR èC.
BERKELEY. WHAT HAVE YOU WE NEED
TO TAKE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO HAVE ONE SYSTEM. FOR NOT JUST
YOU SEE, BUT ALSO CSU. SO THAT
IS OUR GOAL OF THIS LEGISLATIVE
PROCESS THROUGH LEGISLATION
THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS. AND
I GUESS. SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I
WANT TO START WITH. IS, UM. HAVE
YOU SEE THOUGHT ABOUT
COORDINATING WITH WITH CSU TO
HAVING A UNIFIED 80 T PROCESS
THAT WOULD BE SIMPLIFIED AND
STREAMLINED AND UNIVERSAL. YES
THE FACULTY ARE WORKING WITH
THE, UH, YOU SEE, FACULTY ARE
WORKING WITH BOTH THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE AND THE CSU FACULTY ON A
TRANSFER ALIGNMENT PROJECT. THE
ISSUE PRIMARILY IS IN MAJOR
PREPARATION AND WHAT FACULTY
EXPECT FOR STUDENTS TO, UM MAJOR
IN MANY OF OUR DISCIPLINE AREAS
. THERE IS DIFFERENTIATION.
AMONG THE SEGMENTS. THE CSU
DEGREES ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
THAN THAT. YOU SEE DEGREES,
WHICH REQUIRES THE PREPARATION
TO BE DIFFERENT. THE UNIVERSITY
IS A RESEARCH INSTITUTION. SO
MANY OF OUR STUDENTS WILL NEED
TO BE PREPARED TO ENTER INTO
RESEARCH PROGRAMS. AND SO IF I
CAN GIVE ONE SIMPLE EXAMPLE FOR
A MAJOR LIKE MATHEMATICS, THE
CSU REQUIREMENT IS. WHICH IS AS
PART OF THE 80 T IS, UH EITHER
LINEAR ALGEBRA OR DIFFERENTIAL
EQUATIONS FOR PREPARATION FOR
THE LOWER DIVISION FOR MATH IT
FOR THE èC. IT'S BOTH, AND IN
ADDITION, WE WOULD ALSO REQUIRE
A FULL YEAR SEQUENCE IN THE
SCIENCES, AND SO IT WOULD SET A
STUDENT BACK. TO COME TO THE
UNIVERSITY WITH JUST THE 80 T
BECAUSE THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO
BACKTRACK AND FULFILL THOSE
OTHER REQUIREMENTS AND WOULD PUT
THEM ON DIFFERENTIAL FOOTING
THAN STUDENTS WHO HAD STARTED AT
THE UNIVERSITY AS FRESHMAN YOU
KNOW? I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
BUT THE OTHER HALF OF WHAT
YOU'RE SAYING TO ME, JUST SOUNDS
LIKE A TURF BATTLE LIKE YOU
KNOW, FACULTY AND CAMPUSES AND
IVORY TOWERS DISCONNECTED
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS
FOR LIKE 20 YEARS TRYING TO
SIMPLIFY THIS AND THE ONLY
PEOPLE THAT KEEP LOSING,
ALRIGHT. THE STUDENTS WHO ARE
TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE SYSTEM SO
UM WHAT'S THE SOLUTION? THAT'S
THAT'S THE PROBLEM. WHAT'S THE
SOLUTION TO HAVING A UNIFIED
SYSTEM WITH ALL YOU SEE
CAMPUSES. AND WAS MAYBE IT'S
CALLED A T T. MAYBE IT'S CALLED
èC PATH. THAT'S THE WRONG
EXAMPLE. YES BUT YOU SEE,
TRANSFER OR YOU KNOW SOME YOU
COULD COME UP WITH YOUR OWN NAME
FOR IT. WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO
HAVE A UNIFIED AND SIMPLIFIED I
THINK THE FIRST STEP HAS
OCCURRED WITH A B 9 28 WHERE THE
INSTITUTIONS THE SYSTEMS HAVE
GOTTEN TOGETHER, AND THEY HAVE
AGREED TO A CENTRAL OR SORRY. A
SIMILAR, UM, A SINGLE GENERAL
EDUCATION CURRICULUM FOR LOWER
DIVISION, WHICH IN THE PAST WAS
NOT THE CASE. THERE WAS THE I
GET SEAT. BUT THEN CSU ALSO HAD
ITS BREATH. SPECIFIC BREATH
REQUIREMENTS IN THE UNIVERSITY
HAD WHAT WE CALLED THE SEVEN
COURSE PATTERN. NOW WE HAVE BOTH
BOTH SYSTEMS HAVE ADOPTED THE
CAL GET SEE. LIKE I SAID, WE'LL
BE IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING IN 2025
SO STUDENTS CAN PURSUE THE
GENERAL EDUCATION AND THEN IN
TERMS OF MAJOR PREPARATION, THEY
DON'T REALLY NEED TO DECIDE. UM
. THE PREPARATION SPECIFICALLY
FOR CSC OR èC. IF THERE IS A
CHOICE TO BE MADE NOT UNTIL THE
THIRD SEMESTER AT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE
THIS, UM AND I APPRECIATE AND I
SUPPORT IT AND I HAVE HAD SO
OFTEN, MR BERMAN OF PUSHING. 9
28 AND JUST GETS US TO TALK
TOGETHER AND COORDINATE. SO
WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE ENDGAME OF
THAT? WHAT IS THIS? WHAT IS
THIS? WHERE DOES THIS LEAD US
TO? THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
IS PROPOSING A NEW OPTION THAT
WE HOPE TO DEVELOP WITH BOTH THE
GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE
THAT WOULD DEVELOP A SINGLE SET
OF COURSES FOR A PARTICULAR
MAJOR AT EVERY U. C CAMPUS, BUT
THAT'S THAT QUESTION. THE OTHER
QUESTION. IS THE TWO TOGETHER.
BECAUSE AGAIN YOU'RE JUST
WORKING YOUR SILO. THAT'S GONNA
BE GOOD FOR YOU SEE, BUT WE'RE
TRYING TO MAKE IT GOOD FOR
CALIFORNIANS. AND WHAT'S THE END
GAME? WITH UC AND CSU HAVING A
HAVING, UH, STREAMLINE UNIVERSAL
SYSTEM. WE ARE. WE ARE DIFFERENT
SYSTEMS AND AT THIS POINT, OUR
ACADEMIC PREPARATION IS
DIFFERENT BECAUSE SEE SUS MORE,
UM, PRACTICE ORIENTED AND WE ARE
MORE RESEARCH ORIENTED, SO WE
WILL CONTINUE TO REQUIRE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF BASIC
LEARNING FROM OUR STUDENTS. SO
YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT THERE
WILL NEVER BE IN YOUR EYES,
UNIVERSAL TRANSFER KIND OF SAID
, OF COURSE, AS YOU WOULD TAKE
IT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE TO GET
THERE. NOT THAT THERE WILL NEVER
BE SUCH A UNIVERSAL PROCESS, BUT
AT THE MOMENT UH, WHERE WHERE
WE'RE ABLE TO GO IS TO THIS.
HAVING THE COMMON GENERAL
EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS. WELL I
AGAIN I ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK
WITH US TO COME UP WITH THIS OR
THAT SOLUTION THAT WE MAY HAVE
MAY NOT BE SATISFACTORY TO. YOU
ALSO. IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US, I
THINK TO HAVE JOINT TRANSFER
PATH. FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO GO
TO UC OR CSU. AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY'RE GOING TO COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SO FRUSTRATED. THANK YOU
, UM, ISSUE NUMBER FIVE OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT.
LOOKS LIKE I GET ALL THE
ATTENTION JUST FOR MYSELF SAY
OVER 10 AND UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. UM THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT. BUDGET IS DIVIDED
INTO THREE PARTS YOU C O P
BUDGET. DO YOU SEE PATH BUDGET
AND THE èC AGRICULTURAL AND
NATURAL RESOURCES OR YOU SEE A
AND OUR BUDGET THE BUDGET AFTER
2021 RETURNED TO FUNDING
METHODOLOGY FOR YOU, C O P AND
èC PATH OF THE SAME CAMPUS
ASSESSMENT THAT WAS USED IN 2016
BEFORE THE U. C O P LINE ITEM.
THE STATE HAS DECIDED TO RETAIN
èC A AND R AS ITS OWN LINE
ITEM. THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT. BUDGET FOR 2023 20
SORRY 2022 23 IS 1,000,000,050
SO SORRY. 1,000,000,035 230.8
MILLION. THIS TOTAL BUDGET IS
29.3 MILLION, OR 2.9% HIGHER
THAN IT WAS IN 2021 22. THE
ANNUAL INCREASE FOR èC O P WAS
LESS THAN THE 5% BASED BUDGET
ADJUSTMENT RETURNED BY THE
CAMPUSES. THE U. C O P BUDGET
INCLUDES 701.2 MILLION, OR 67.7%
AND PASSED THROUGH OUR FEE FOR
SERVICE FUNDING. AN EXAMPLE OF
THESE KINDS OF FUNDS ARE THE
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH FUNDS èC
RECEIVES THROUGH THE PROPOSITION
FUNDING. THESE PAST THROUGH
FUNDS ARE NOT SPENT THAT YOU, C
O P BUT RATHER SENT TO THE
CAMPUSES OR OTHER CALIFORNIA
RESEARCH LOCATIONS. DO YOU SEE?
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RECEIVES
280.5 MILLION IN UNRESTRICTED
FUNDING. THESE FUNDS ARE USED
FOR SYSTEM WIDE AND CORE
SERVICES PROGRAMS AND
INITIATIVES AND STRATEGIC
PRIORITIES. TODAY I'M GOING TO
FOCUS MY COMMENTS ON THE U C O P
BUDGET WHEN YOU C O P RETURNED
TO THE CAMPUS ASSESSMENT IN 2021
22. THE CAMPUS ASSESSMENT
REMAINED THE SAME AS THE STATE
APPROPRIATION FOR YOU. C O. P
HAD BEEN SINCE THE FIRST YEAR OF
THE DIRECT STATE APPROPRIATION.
THE 2022 23 CAMPUS ASSESSMENT IS
223.6 MILLION OF THE TOTAL U. C
O P BUDGET. THIS IS AN 8.4 OR
3.9% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR
YEAR. THIS WAS THE FIRST
INCREASE FOR YOU SEOP
ADMINISTRATION SINCE 2017 18
WHEN THE DIRECT APPROPRIATION
WAS PUT IN PLACE. MUCH OF THIS
INCREASE HAS BEEN USED TO FUND
SYSTEM WIDE SALARY PROGRAM FOR
YOU. C O P EMPLOYEES CONTRACT IT
COST INCREASES AND LIMITED NEW
INVESTMENTS. THE SALARY PROGRAM
INVESTS IN ALL èC EMPLOYEES AND
ADDRESSES THE LABOR MARKET
TRENDS AS YOU C O P AND CAMPUSES
FOCUS ON MAINTAINING KEY HUMAN
CAPITAL RESOURCES. SIGNIFICANT
CHANGES MADE TO THE U. C O P
BUDGET PROCESS IN RESPONSE TO
THE STATE AUDIT ARE STILL IN
PLACE TODAY. IMPORTANT CHANGES
TO TRANSPARENCY, DOCUMENTATION
AND DECISION MAKING HAVE BEEN
MADE. THESE REFORMS INCLUDE THE
FORMATION OF THE EXECUTIVE
BUDGET COMMITTEE, COMPOSED OF
CHANCELLORS, VICE CHANCELLORS OF
FINANCE AND OTHER CAMPUS LEADERS
WHO REVIEWED THE U. C. O P
EXPENDITURES AND PROVIDE
GUIDANCE TO THE PRESIDENT ON THE
U. C O P BUDGET AND PROGRAMS. IN
ADDITION, YOU C O P HAS
DEVELOPED AND DOCUMENTED RESERVE
POLICY AND RESERVES ARE NOW
REPORTED REGULARLY TO THE èC
REGIONS, ALONG WITH BUDGETED
AMOUNTS TO ACTUAL EXPENDITURES.
èC OPIUM, IMPLEMENTED AN ENTIRE
NEW BUDGET AND PLANNING SYSTEM
AND COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE
REVIEW OF EACH èC O P FUND AND
ITS USE. THERE WAS ALSO AN
EXTENSIVE PROCESS TO DOCUMENT
EACH PROGRAM AND INITIATIVE AND
PROVIDE CLEAR DEFINITIONS OF
EACH BèC CHANCELLORS REQUESTED
THE RETURN TO THE CAMPUS
ASSESSMENT, AND THEY DECIDE FOR
THEIR CAMPUS, WHICH FUNDING
SOURCES THEY WILL USE TO PAY THE
ASSESSMENT. THE CAMPUS IS
REPORTED ON THE FIRST YEAR OF
THE ASSESSMENT IN SEPTEMBER,
2022 JUST UNDER 27% OF THE
ASSESSMENT WAS PAID FOR WITH
CAMPUS CORE FUNDS. DURING THE
LINE ITEM 100% OF THE U. C. O P
ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET WAS PAID
FOR WITH STATE FUNDS. IF THE
CAMPUS ASSESSMENT IS INCREASED
FOR 2023 24. THAT RECOMMENDATION
WOULD BE MADE BY THE PRESIDENT
WITH REVIEW AND SUPPORT OF THE
EXECUTIVE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND
VOTED ON BY THE èC REGIONS. THE
UNIVERSITY BELIEVES THAT THE
CAMPUS ASSESSMENT FUNDING MODEL
ALLOWS FOR THE HIGHEST
COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE
CAMPUSES TO DETERMINE THE
SYSTEM, WIDE PRIORITIES AND
RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS. èC
REGIONS WILL APPROVE THE 2023 24
U. C O P BUDGET PROPOSAL IN MAY.
IF THE LEGISLATURE TAKES ACTIONS
THAT IMPACT THE U. C O P BUDGET
, THE REGIONS WOULD APPROVE A
FINAL UCO P BUDGET IN JULY. THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA REQUEST
THAT YOU ALLOW THE CONTINUATION
OF THE CAMPUS ASSESSMENT. THE
FUND, THE èC OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT AND èC PATH
OPERATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU, MR MURATSUCHI.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR CHAIR,
SO. AH! THE U. C. L P BUDGET HAS
INCREASED BY 29 3.29 POINT $3
MILLION COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS
YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? AH! YES I
BELIEVE SO. YES BY BY 3.9. YEAH.
OKAY? AND, UM TYING THAT BACK TO
OUR EARLIER. UH DISCUSSION ITEM
ABOUT THE OVERALL UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA. BUDGET SITUATION.
UH, THE, UM. I'M NOT SURE IF
THIS NUMBER WAS DISCUSSED
EARLIER, BUT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA OVERALL, IS
PROJECTING A $67.9 MILLION
BUDGET DEFICIT. ACCORDING TO THE
COMMITTEE REPORT. THAT IS
CORRECT. YES SIR. OKAY, SO UM.
WAS THAT BUDGET PLAN ADOPTED
TOGETHER WITH THIS $29.3 MILLION
INCREASE FOR THE U. C. L P
BUDGET. NO SIR. DO YOU REGIONS
APPROVED THE CAMPUS BUDGETS IN
NOVEMBER AND WILL CONSIDER THE
U. C O P BUDGET IN MAY. ALL
RIGHT. SO THE. SO THE $29.3
MILLION INCREASES IS TO BE
DEBATED, DISCUSSED AND ADOPTED
IN MAY. EXCUSE ME. THE 29.3
MILLION IS ALREADY IMPLEMENTED
FOR THE CURRENT YEAR AND THAT
WAS ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2022 SO IT
WAS ADOPTED ALMOST A YEAR AGO.
AND SO, WHICH WAS ADOPTED FIRST,
THE INCREASE FOR THE U. C. O P
BUDGET OR THE PROJECTED DEFICIT
FOR THE èC BUDGET. THE INCREASE
FOR THE U. C O P BUDGET IN THE
CURRENT YEAR WAS ADOPTED FIRST
AND THE PROJECTED DEFICIT IS FOR
THE 23 24 YEARS. SO BEGINNING IN
JULY. NOW. UH, HOW MANY STAFF
ARE COVERED BY THE UH, YOU CLP
BUDGET APPROXIMATELY
APPROXIMATELY 1600. 1616 100
EMPLOYEES ALL AT YOUR OAKLAND
OFFICE, OR THEY SPREAD OUT
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. UM THERE
ARE SOME MOST ARE AT THE OAKLAND
OFFICE, AND SOME ARE SPREAD
THROUGHOUT THE STATE. FOR
EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A SACRAMENTO
OFFICE. WE HAVE A WASHINGTON D.
C OFFICE AND WE ALSO HAVE SOME
OF THE, UM AGRICULTURAL NATURAL
RESOURCES UNIT EMPLOYEES WHO ARE
AROUND THE STATE èC PATH
EMPLOYEES ARE LOCATED AT
RIVERSIDE. AT THE RIVERSIDE
CAMPUS, ALL RIGHT. DO YOU? DO
YOU KNOW HOW MANY UH, YOU C O P
STAFF EARN A SALARY OF OVER, SAY
$400,000. I APOLOGIZE, SIR. I DO
NOT HAVE THAT NUMBER. DO YOU
HAVE AN ESTIMATE? UM I DO NOT
HAVE OUR SENIOR MANAGEMENT. UM
GROUP INDIVIDUALS NUMBERS IN
FRONT OF ME, UM, THERE. ARE SOME
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE IN THAT
CATEGORY. UM, BUT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT RATHER FEW. SOMEONE WOULD
HAVE TO BE IN THE VICE PRESIDENT
CATEGORY FOR THAT. WOULD THAT
BE? I DON'T KNOW LESS THAN 50.
YES CERTAINLY 25. I DON'T HAVE
THE NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME. SO I
I'M FEARED TO SPECULATE. I WILL
GIVE IT TO YOUR STAFF AFTER THE
HEARING. I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT
HAVING IT WITH ME. OKAY UM WHAT
? WHAT WOULD BE YOUR BALLPARK
ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY YOU C O P
EMPLOYEES EARN MORE THAN
$250,000 A YEAR. MORE MORE MORE
INDIVIDUALS ARE IN THAT CATEGORY
. UM THEY WOULD ALSO BE SENIOR
MANAGEMENT GROUP. INDIVIDUALS.
UM SO I WILL HAVE TO GET THAT
NUMBER TWO. YOU WOULD JUST SAY
IT'S OUT OF THE 1600 EMPLOYEES,
WHICH IS SAY, YOU KNOW. AS IT
MORE THAN YOU KNOW? 500. 250
EMPLOYEES. NOT THAT MANY, UM.
SYSTEM WIDE SENIOR MANAGEMENT
GROUP IS UH, LESS THAN 2% OF
EMPLOYEES. SO I IMAGINE THAT YOU
C O P. WE WOULD HAVE A SIMILAR
RACHEL LOWER RATIO. OKAY? AND
THEN, UH, OF THE 1600 EMPLOYEES
. HOW MANY WOULD YOU ESTIMATE?
YOU KNOW, EARN MORE THAN YOU
KNOW, $100,000. MANY. UH THE
MAJORITY POSSIBLY, UM, BECAUSE
MOST OF THEM ARE LOCATED AT
OAKLAND. UM. THEY WOULD BE
SENIOR ANALYSTS AND ABOVE WHAT
PROBABLY COME CLOSE TO THAT.
MAYBE NOT. MAYBE NOT QUITE TO
THAT LEVEL, BUT, UM THERE'S MANY
MORE IN THAT. THAT WOULD THAT
WOULD EARN ABOVE THE $100,000
LEVEL. OKAY? AND SO IF I MAY
POINT OUT AS PART OF THE STATE
AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU
, C O P. THERE WASN'T A
VALUATION OF STAFF AND
MANAGEMENT SALARIES THAT WAS
REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT TO
EXAMINE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE
SALARIES WERE IN ALIGNMENT WITH
MARKET EXPECTATIONS OR IF THEY
WERE EXCEEDING. WHAT EMPLOYEES
OUGHT TO BE PAID. UM, AND AS A
RESULT OF THAT STUDY, THERE WERE
ACTUALLY A GROUP OF EMPLOYEES
WHOSE SALARIES ENDED UP BEING
RAISED BECAUSE THE, UH THE
INDEPENDENT FINDING WAS THAT
THEY WERE NOT BEING PAID THAT
THEY WERE BEING PAID AT BELOW
MARKET. UM SO WHILE IT MAY SEEM
LIKE HIGH SALARIES, UM WE ARE
TALKING ABOUT INDIVIDUALS WITH
TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY WHO
LIVE PRIMARILY IN A VERY, UM
EXPENSIVE AREA BEING THAT
OAKLAND EAST BAY AREA. OKAY,
WELL, MISS BURTON, AND LET ME
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT YOU'RE
TALKING TO AN AUDIENCE OF
LEGISLATORS WHO RECEIVE A SALARY
OF $115,000 A YEAR. SO UH UM,
WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY
INSTITUTION NEEDS TO MAKE SURE
THAT IT, UH YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN
THAT IS COMPETITIVE. YOU'RE NOT
TALKING TO A VERY SYMPATHETIC
AUDIENCE AND IN TERMS OF
RELATIVE SALARIES, BUT MY POINT
IS THIS THAT. YOU KNOW WHEN I
WAS A LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER,
WE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON. MAKING
SURE THAT OUR BUDGET REFLECTED
OUR PRIORITIES AND THE WAY THAT
WE REFLECT REFLECTED OUR
PRIORITIES IS BY MAKING SURE
THAT WE SPENT DOLLARS IN THE
CLASSROOM. YOU KNOW WHETHER IT'S
FOR CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
EDUCATORS WHAT THERE IS THE
TEACHING ASSISTANCE. UH YOU KNOW
THOSE THAT ARE DIRECTLY
CONTRIBUTING TO THE CORE.
ACADEMIC MISSION. AH OF THE
INSTITUTION. NOW I UNDERSTAND
THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA IS MUCH MORE THAN AN
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IS A
IT'S A RESEARCH INSTITUTION. UH
AND, YOU KNOW, PROUD TO SAY, AND
IN MY OPINION, THE WORLD'S BEST
RESEARCH INSTITUTION IN THE
ENTIRE WORLD. UM BUT. YES, AS AS
WE I KNOW THAT. I SEE A LOT OF
RED SHIRTS IN THE AUDIENCE. YOU
KNOW THERE. THERE IS A LOT OF
CONCERNS ABOUT THE RECENT.
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS. UM UM AND, UH.
WHETHER THAT IS GOING. TO YOU
KNOW, AND LIGHT OF THE PROJECTED
68,000,000,068 MILLION DEFICIT.
UM. WHETHER THAT MIGHT RESULT IN
AND COST CUTTING MEASURES FOR
TEACHING ASSISTANCE FOR GRADUATE
STUDENTS IN TERMS OF STAFFING.
UM AND SO I WOULD URGE THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TO
FOCUS FIRST ON. THE
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SO THAT
WE CAN FOCUS ON THE CORE
MISSION. THE CORE MISSIONS OF
EDUCATING OUR STUDENTS AND
CONTINUING TO BE THE WORLD'S
BEST RESEARCH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
IN THE ENTIRE WORLD. LOVE TO
HEAR YOUR THOUGHTS. THANK THANK
YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS ARE THE
FUNCTIONS OF THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT ARE DIVERSE BECAUSE WE
TAKE CARE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
ASPECTS FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
FOR MANY FUNCTIONS ARE CONTRACTS
AND GRANTS, INCLUDING THE
NUCLEAR LABORATORIES. WE
FACILITATE RESEARCH, AND WE HAVE
AN OFFICE FOR REVIEWING
APPLICATIONS AND SENDING OUT
FUNDING FOR MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF,
UH, PROPOSITION FUNDING THAT THE
UNIVERSITY RECEIVES. THOSE
FUNCTIONS. REALLY UM, HELPED THE
UNIVERSITY ACHIEVE ITS MISSION
IN RESEARCH AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
WE ALSO HAVE A PART OF THE
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT IS TO
HELP ALL OUR HOSPITAL SYSTEMS
COMPLY WITH REGULATIONS AND
ENSURE THAT THEIR BUDGETS ARE,
UM UH, ARE BALANCED AND TAKEN
CARE OF. SO THE OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT FUNCTIONS ARE WAY
BEYOND INSTRUCTION AND RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO RETURN
TO THE ASSESSMENT, UM ONLY 27%
OF THAT UNRESTRICTED OPERATING
FUNDING IS COMING FROM CAMPUS
CORE FUNDS, SO WE WERE ACTUALLY
ABLE TO CUT BACK AND PROVIDE
SAVINGS BACK TO THE CAMPUSES. BY
BEING ABLE TO TAX OUR HOSPITAL
SYSTEM TO HELP PAY FOR U. C. O P
OPERATIONS, WHICH THEY WERE NOT
DOING WHILE WE WERE LINE ITEM
FUNDED BY GOING BACK TO THE
ASSESSMENT, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
SAVE THE CAMPUSES CORE OPERATING
FUNDING. THE AUDITOR HAD A LARGE
NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT AND WHAT STATE ACTIONS
SHOULD BE, UM AND THOSE HAVE
BEEN IMPLEMENTED THE ONLY
IMPLEMENT, UM, ITEM IN THE
AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT
HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED IS THE
REGIONS ARE NOT APPROVING OF
FINAL YOU C O P BUDGET, UH, BY
MARCH OF EACH YEAR AND THE
REASON WE'RE NOT DOING THAT, AS
WE DON'T YET HAVE A SENSE OF
WHERE THE STATE FUNDING WILL BE
. WE DON'T YET KNOW WHAT UM, THE
LEGISLATURE INTENDS TO DO AND WE
DON'T WANT TO GET TOO MUCH AHEAD
OF THAT PROCESS. SO MANY OF THE
AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE
BEEN IMPLEMENTED. WE HAVE A NEW
BUDGET SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US TO
LOOK AT EXPENDITURES BY CATEGORY
FAR MORE EASILY THAN PREVIOUSLY.
WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND LOOKED AT
EACH TYPE OF FUND WE HAVE AND
HOW IT'S BEING USED AND WHETHER
OR NOT IT OUGHT TO BE AT THE U.
C O P LEVEL OR IF IT SHOULD BE
SENT BACK TO A CAMPUS AND
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
PROGRAMMATIC FUNDING WERE SENT
BACK TO CAMPUS IS TO MANAGE
BECAUSE IT WAS FOUND THAT YOU C
O P DID NOT NEED TO DIRECTLY
MANAGE THOSE FUNDS. WE HAVE
FUNCTIONS THAT YOU C O P THAT
END UP SAVING THE CAMPUSES MONEY
BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO HAVE
THOSE FUNCTIONS, THEN AT EACH
INDIVIDUAL CAMPUS. AND THESE ARE
THINGS LIKE OUR LEGAL TEAM ARE
CONTRACTS AND GRANTS. IT ENDS UP
SAVING THE CAMPUSES, MONEY
ULTIMATELY. UM IF YOU C O P WAS
NOT FUNDED WITH A LITTLE BIT OF
AN INCREASE. WE WOULD HAVE TO
CUT SERVICES BECAUSE WE THE SAME
SALARY PROGRAMS THAT APPLY TO
THE CAMPUS IS APPLIED TO U. C O
P STAFF, AND WE WOULD HAVE THE
PRESSURE OF HAVING INCREASED
COST WITHOUT MONEY TO COVER
THAT. UM BUT BECAUSE MOST OF THE
MONEY TO COVER YOU SEOP
EXPENDITURES COMES FROM NON CORE
FUND SOURCES. UH IT DOESN'T
IMPACT CAMPUSES NEGATIVELY TO
THE SAME EXTENT AS MAY INITIALLY
APPEAR. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE
THAT, UM AND IN TERMS OF THE.
THE DATA ON U C L P SALARIES
THEY THAT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION
THAT IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, AND
I WILL GET IT FOR YOU. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. OKAY THANK YOU FOR
THE QUESTIONING. MR MART SOUCI.
APPRECIATE YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
THIS WAS INFORMATIONAL. UM. WE
WE ARE A BIT AHEAD OF TIME NOW.
UM SO WE'RE GOING TO I KNOW
THERE SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME
FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANT
TO DO PUBLIC COMMENTS RELATE TO
YOU SEE THAT ACCURATE SOME
HANDS. OKAY SO WE CAN MAKE YOU
WAIT TWO HOURS, OR HAVE YOU GO
NOW? SO WHAT WOULD YOU PREFER
NOW? OKAY, SO, UM YEAH,
ACCORDINGLY, WE WILL DO PUBLIC
COMMENTS. UM NOW AND THEN WE
WILL BREAK FOR LUNCH. AND THEN
WE WILL. UM, UM, COME BACK. AT
JUST AFTER ONE. SO WE ARE GOING
TO DO JUST JUST 45 MINUTES OF
PUBLIC COMMENT NOW. NO MORE THAN
THAT. IF WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON
THE PHONE, JUST WARN YOU, WE
WILL CUT IT OFF AT NOON. UM SO,
YES, PLEASE LINE UP PEOPLE HERE
IN THE AUDIENCE HERE TODAY AND
PLEASE ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS TO,
UH TO, UH, THAT THE DIOCESE OVER
HERE AND ONE MINUTE OR LESS 67
SECONDS OR LESS. PLEASE BEGIN.
I'M HERE WITH THE COUNCIL OF UC
FACULTY ASSOCIATIONS. MY NAME IS
ERIC HAYES. I THANK YOU ALL FOR
TAKING ON THIS ARDUOUS TASK OF
APPORTIONING THE STATE'S BUDGET.
ESPECIALLY DIFFICULT IN A YEAR
OF BUDGET CUTS, SUCH AS THIS
ONE. AS I SAID, LAST TIME I
SPOKE COUPLE WEEKS AGO,
CALIFORNIA SPENDS LESS ON HIGHER
EDUCATION THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER
STATE. THE STATE SPENDS HALF AS
MUCH PER USES STUDENT AS IT DID
20 YEARS AGO, INCLUDING STUDENT
AID. CRITICALLY LOW BUDGETING
RESULTS IN HAPHAZARD FAILURE.
FOR EXAMPLE. èC RISKS UNDER
ENROLLMENT BECAUSE IT HAS NO
CAPACITY FOR OVER ENROLLMENT.
FOR YEARS, YOU SEE, PAPERED OVER
LACK OF RESOURCES BY USING
UNSUSTAINABLY LOW PAY FOR
ACADEMIC EMPLOYEES LIKE
LECTURERS, AND TH THOSE WORKERS
HAVE FOUGHT FOR AND NOW ONE MORE
FOR MORE FAIR COMPENSATION. BUT
WE ARE LEARNING. THIS MAY RESULT
IN CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS,
CUTTING THE NUMBER OF TIAS AND
LECTURERS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
LARGER CLASSES AND FEWER COURSE
OFFERINGS. AN ISSUE DISCUSSED
TODAY WAS HOW HEADCOUNT IS UP,
BUT FTE IS DOWN. ACCESS TO èC
IS NOT THE SAME AS ACCESS TO
CLASSES, CUTS AND THS WILL
REDUCE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS
ONLINE DOES NOT SOLVE THIS AS
ONLINE STILL REQUIRES
INSTRUCTORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS
BRENDAN GARNERING AND MY
TEACHING ASSISTANT AND THE
LINGUISTICS DEPARTMENT AT U. C.
DAVIS MY DEPARTMENT HAS
DISCUSSED CUTTING T EIGHT
POSITIONS, INCLUDING ELIMINATING
DISCUSSION SECTIONS FOR ALL OF
OUR 300 PERSON OR 300. STUDENTS
INTRODUCTION, INTRODUCTORY
COURSES AND NO LONGER NO LONGER
OFFERING POSITIONS THE MASTER
STUDENTS OR DOCTORAL STUDENTS
WHO ARE ENROLLED AFTER THEIR 50
YEAR IN THE PROGRAM. THIS WILL
AFFECT ME PERSONALLY AS I'M
HAVING TO ENROLL FOR A SIX YEAR
TO COMPLETE MY DISSERTATION AND
DO NOT EXPECT TO RECEIVE ANY TO
POSITIONS IN MY DEPARTMENT. TA
POSITIONS ARE AN IMPORTANT
SOURCE OF INCOME FOR GRADUATE
GRADUATE STUDENTS, SO IN
ADDITION TO COMPLETING MY
RESEARCH AND APPLYING FOR
POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS, I WILL
HAVE TO HUSTLE EVERY QUARTER TO
MAKE ENDS MEET. POLICIES LIKE
THIS WILL FURTHER EXACERBATE THE
INACCESSIBILITY OF GRADUATE
SCHOOL FOR PEOPLE FROM
MARGINALIZED BACKGROUNDS AND FOR
STUDENTS. WHO FACED MEDICAL OR
OTHER EMERGENCIES TO DROP OUT AS
A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY. THE èC IS
MEANT TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL TO
BENEFIT ALL WE'RE ASKING THE
LEGISLATURE TO HOLD THE èC
ACCOUNTABLE TO ITS COMMITMENTS
TO US WORKERS AND TO THE
GOVERNOR. THANK YOU. HI I'M
EMILY WEINTRAUB. I'M A SECOND
YEAR PHD STUDENT IN FOOD SCIENCE
AT U. C. DAVIS, AND I'M A PROUD
MEMBER OF W 2865. I WORK FOR THE
TOP FOOD SCIENCE PROGRAM IN THE
COUNTRY, ONE THAT BRINGS A LOT
OF MONEY AND PRESTIGE TO BOTH MY
CAMPUS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA AS A WHOLE BECAUSE OF
THIS, I'M VERY DISHEARTENED AND
CONFUSED TO HEAR OF PLANS TO CUT
OUR DEPARTMENTS TEACHING
ASSISTANT POSITIONS. UM THIS
DECISION WOULD PUT VITAL WORKERS
INTO POVERTY AND OR OUT OF A JOB
, AND IT WOULD ALSO DESTROY THE
PRESTIGE OF THE PROGRAM SINCE
THIS WOULD CAUSE A MAJOR
DECREASE IN THE QUALITY OF
EDUCATION WITH THE INCREASED
PLANS FOR UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT. MICHAEL DRAKE WAS
CORRECT WHEN HE SAID TO YOU THAT
NO DIRECTIVES WERE GIVEN TO
DEPARTMENTS OR FACULTY, BUT ONLY
IN THAT NO DIRECTIVES WERE GIVEN
AS TO HOW TO UPHOLD THE
CONTRACTS THE èC MADE WITH THE
STATE AND ITS WORKERS. GRADUATE
ENROLLMENT WILL NOT INCREASE IF
THEY DO NOT INCREASE EMPLOYMENT.
THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS REBECCA
ELLISON. I'M A GRADUATE
RESEARCHER IN ECOLOGY AT UC
DAVIS IN A PROUD MEMBER OF U A W
28 65. I THOUGHT THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGE OF MY PHD WOULD BE
RESEARCHING CLIMATE CHANGE.
INSTEAD IT'S BEEN UNCERTAINTY
REGARDING MY FUNDING, ALTHOUGH
THE ECOLOGY GRADUATE GROUP IS A
PRESTIGIOUS TOP RANKED PROGRAM,
I WAS TOLD I WOULD HAVE TO
FINISH MY PHD A YEAR EARLY. IN
RESPONSE TO THESE POSSIBLE JOB
CUTS. IF I DON'T FINISH EARLY,
MY PROGRAM TOLD ME I WILL HAVE
NO FINANCIAL SUPPORT AND I
SHOULD MOVE BACK HOME TO FINISH
MY PHD THE USE IS POSSIBLE JOB
CUTS ARE HURTING MY ABILITY TO
MEANINGFULLY RESEARCHED THE
IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON
CALIFORNIA'S ECOSYSTEMS. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS
ANDREW AND I'M 1/5, YEAR
ENGINEERING PHD STUDENT AT UC
BERKELEY AND A MEMBER OF W 2865
. MY PROFESSORS CUTTING 25% OF
HERBIE, PHD, STUDENT STUDENT
INSUFFICIENT FUNDS FOR WAGE
INCREASES IN THE NEW CONTRACT
WITH THE LACK OF CLARITY FROM
èC. MY PROFESSOR CHOSE TO MAKE
ENDS MEET BY PUSHING OUT HER
FIVE OLDEST GRADUATE STUDENTS,
INCLUDING MYSELF. LAST FALL. I
WAS PROMISED A SUMMER RESEARCH
APPOINTMENT AND PLAN TO GRADUATE
IN DECEMBER 2023 ACCORDINGLY.
NOW I HAVE NO GUARANTEE OF
FUNDING AFTER MAY. AFTER
PREACHING MATURELY TERMINATE MY
RESEARCH ON FINDING ADVANCED
BATTERY MATERIALS BECAUSE I
CAN'T ANALYZE THE DATA I'VE
SPENT OVER FOUR YEARS GENERATING
IN ADDITION TO LAST RESEARCH
PROGRESS, I'VE ALSO GIVEN UP
EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES TO
ACCELERATE MY GRADUATION
TIMELINE NOW WILL BE FINISHING
MY DEGREE WITHOUT BEING PAID THE
$19,000 I WOULD HAVE OTHERWISE
EARNED WITH THE SUMMER RESEARCH
APPOINTMENT. BèC NEEDS TO
PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO CAMPUSES OF
DEPARTMENTS CAN SUPPORT THEIR
STUDENTS AND FAIRLY INFLUENCE
THE NEW CONTRACT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. HELLO MY NAME IS
KENNETH BETTER I'M 1/5 YEAR PHD
CANDIDATE AT UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, AND PROUD
MEMBER OF 28 65. I DIDN'T
PREPARE NOTES. BUT MR CHAIRMAN,
I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU IF
YOU DON'T MIND. UM FIRST OF ALL,
ARE YOU AWARE THAT THERE ARE
SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
BERKELEY, WHO'S DEPARTMENTAL
LIBRARIES ARE BEING CLOSED AT
THE BEHEST OF THE CAMPUS. YES 60
SECONDS TO ASK QUESTIONS
HYPOTHETICALS OR GIVE YOUR
COMMENTS BUT THERE'S NO BACK AND
FORTH. OKAY THANK YOU. THE OTHER
THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT, UM,
AS I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE THE
GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS
THROUGHOUT THE STATE HAD TO GO
ON STRIKE IN ORDER TO INCREASE
THEIR WAGES TO WHAT I BELIEVE IS
STILL NOT QUITE A LIVING WAGE OF
$34,000 A YEAR. MEANWHILE THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
PRESIDENT MICHAEL DRAKE, UH, WAS
EFFECTIVELY PURCHASED A $6.5
MILLION HOME ALONG WITH OFFENSE
TO GO WITH IT. UM AND WHILE THE
STUDENT BODY AND THOSE OF US WHO
ARE ACTUAL WORKERS ON CAMPUS ARE
RECEIVING THE BUTT END OF
AUSTERITY, IF YOU WILL, IT SEEMS
LIKE THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT ISN'T FACING SUCH
BUDGET CHALLENGES, THOUGH I
THINK AFTER TODAY, AFTER
DEMONSTRATING THAT THEY CAN'T
ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IT WOULD
BE WORTH CONSIDERING CHANGING
THAT. SO THANK YOU. GOOD
MORNING. MY NAME IS ABBY RAY I'M
1/5 YEAR. PHD CANADA AT UC DAVIS
, UM AND A MEMBER OF 2865. I
CAME TO GRADUATE SCHOOL TO STUDY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. BUT INSTEAD
OF SPENDING MY TIME DOING MY
RESEARCH ON TUBERCULOSIS, I
SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF IT.
ENFORCING THE CONTRACTS THAT YOU
SEE HAS ALREADY AGREED TO. IN MY
COLLEGE OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES.
THE FALSE CHOICE WAS RECENTLY
PRESENTED TO STUDENTS TO EITHER
ADHERE TO THE PROVOST SUGGESTED
20% ENROLLMENT CUTS OR FORCE
CURRENT STUDENTS ONTO A LOWER
PAY SCALE REPRESENTING AN
EGREGIOUS BREACH OF CONTRACT. SO
INSTEAD OF BEING IN LAB, I SPEND
A GREAT DEAL OF MY TIME HANDLING
GRIEVANCES, MEETING WITH LABOR
RELATIONS AND COUNSELING, BOTH
PEERS AND FACULTY WHO ARE
FRUSTRATED AND CONFUSED DUE TO
THE LACK OF LEADERSHIP FROM
PRESIDENT DRAKE AND THE C O P
AND WHILE I'M EXTRAORDINARILY
GRATEFUL FOR YOUR TIME AND
ATTENTION TODAY, THIS IS TIME
THAT I'M NOT SPENDING AT MY
BENCH DOING EXPERIMENTS. AND SO
IT IS WELL PAST TIME THAT
PRESIDENT DRAKE GETS BACK TO
DOING HIS JOB SO THAT I CAN
RETURN TO DOING MINE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I AM DR
KEITH ELLIS, UM, TREASURER OF
THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS OF THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AND YOU
SEE REGENT. UH I AM A DOUBLE èC
ALONE FROM UC MERCED CLASS OF
12. U C. DAVIS CLASS OF 2022.
I'M FROM SACRAMENTO REPRESENTED
BIÂU MEMBER MCCARTY. UM MY. MY
CAREER HAS BEEN DIRECT,
POSITIVELY IMPACTED BY èC. AND
MY TWO NIECES WERE BORN AT UC
DAVIS HEALTH, WHICH I KNOW IS
JUST THE BEGINNING OF THEIR
RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. SEE, I'M
HERE TO URGE YOU TO FULLY FUND
THE GOVERNOR'S COMPACT WITH èC
, WHICH WILL INCREASE ACCESS TO
YOU SEE THROUGH OUR 2030 GROWTH
PLAN THAT YOU HEARD ABOUT AND
ALLOW US TO HIRE THE NEXT
GENERATION OF FACULTY. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
HOLLOWED AND I'M A THIRD YEAR
PHD STUDENT IN CHEMISTRY AT UC
BERKELEY AND A PROUD MEMBER OF W
265. I WANT TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT
THESE JOB CUTS IN RESPONSE TO
THE CONTRACTS THAT WE WON.
SEVERAL OF MY CO WORKERS AND
CHEMISTRY ARE BEING FORCED TO
GRADUATE EARLY AND LEAVE THE
PROGRAM DUE TO THESE JOB CUTS
DESPITE INITIALLY BEING
GUARANTEED FIVE YEARS OF
FUNDING. I PERSONALLY HAVE BEEN
ASKED TO SHOULDER ADDITIONAL
DUTIES WHICH DETRACTS FROM MY
TIME IN THE LAB AND REDUCES MY
PRODUCTIVITY. AS A RESEARCHER.
THESE JOB CUTS ACROSS THE èC
HURT ALL OF US, AND I WANT TO
UNEQUIVOCALLY SPEAK OUT AGAINST
THEM AS A TA THIS SEMESTER, I'M
HELPING THE NEXT GENERATION OF
STUDENTS LEARN CHEMISTRY. IF MY
DISCUSSION SECTION GETS LARGER,
THIS IS GOING TO HARM THE
QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION THAT
THEY RECEIVE. AND IF WE ALLOW
THESE JOB CUTS TO CONTINUE, WHAT
KIND OF MESSAGE DOES THIS SEND?
ARE WE SAYING THAT GRAD WORKERS
ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ASK FOR A
LIVING WAGE? WE MUST MAINTAIN
THESE FULL STAFFING LEVELS TO
REMAIN TO REMAIN LEADERS IN THE
FIELD OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE
STATE AND ACROSS THE WORLD.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS TANYA. I AM AN INTERNATIONAL
PIECES. STUDENT WORK AT UC
BERKELEY IN ARCHITECTURE
DEPARTMENT IN THE PROGRAM OF
HISTORY THEORY AND SOCIETY. I
CAME TO BERKELEY BECAUSE OF THIS
PROGRAM REACHED HISTORY AND
UNIQUE, INTERDISCIPLINARY
APPROACH. UNFORTUNATELY IT IS
PROGRAMMING THE QUALITY OF
LOCATION IN THE COLLEGE OF A
MOMENT OF DESIGN AND èC,
BERKELEY. ARE BEING NEGATIVELY
IMPACTED BY BUDGET COURT CUTS BY
PRIORITIZING WHAT ADMINISTRATORS
SKULL SELF SUSTAINABLE PROGRAMS
, WHICH ARE PRIVATELY FUNDED AND
DRIVEN BY MARKET INTEREST. THE
UNIVERSITY'S LOWLY THIS MONTH
FLING PROGRAMS THAT PERFORM
ACADEMICALLY VITAL RESEARCH SUCH
AS MINE, WHICH HAS ALREADY
REDUCED FACULTY MEMBERS TO HAVE
AND CUT TWO THIRDS OF PHD
ENROLMENT IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SO THIS PROBLEM IS NOT ONLY
ACCEPT IS NOT ONLY BEING ACCESS
ER, BAITED BY THE LACK OF
GUIDANCE FROM YOU COPE AS TO HOW
DEPARTMENTS SHOULD COVER THE NEW
SALARY SECURED BY OUR CONTRACTS.
UM SO MEMBERS OF THE ASSEMBLY
WHAT PRESIDENT CALLS PRESIDENT
DRAKE CALLS PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS
ARE ACTUALLY EFFECTIVE
ENROLLMENT AND JOB CUTS THAT ARE
HURTING, HURTING, USE HIS
ACADEMIC WORKERS AND EDUCATIONAL
MISSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS ELIANA VANDROSS
THROW AND I'M, A PHD STUDENT AT
UC RIVERSIDE AND A MEMBER OF
2865. SO I AM PROUD TO SAY THAT
I ATTEND AND TEACH AT U C R A
HISPANIC SERVING INSTITUTION,
AND I HOPE TO BECOME FACULTY AND
AN HSI UPON MY GRADUATION.
HOWEVER I WORRY ABOUT THE
SECURITY OF MINE AND MY
COWORKERS. EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
THREATENED CUTBACKS. TEACHING
ASSISTANCE LIKE MYSELF HAVE AN
UNMANAGEABLE WORKLOAD. AT
PRESENT, I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR
TEACHING UPWARDS OF 84 STUDENTS
PER QUARTER. THAT IS BEFORE THE
PROPOSED JOB CUTS, UNLIKE
HISTORICALLY HIGHER FUNDED èC
S. U. C RIVERSIDE HAS NOT
ANNOUNCED NEW FUNDING TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE RAISES ONE IN OUR
CONTRACTS, UCR ENROLLS A MUCH
HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF LOW INCOME
AND IN STATE STUDENTS AND DID
NOT ALLOCATING MORE FUNDING FOR
CAMPUSES LIKE YOU SEE, ARE THE
SCHOOL CONTINUES TO EXACERBATE
ITS LONGSTANDING EQUITY ISSUE.
USING OUR CAMPUS TO TOUT SOCIAL
MOBILITY WHILE ACTIVELY
PREVENTING SUCH GROWTH. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
HARRY YANG AND I'M PROUD FIRST
GENERATION AGAINST EIGHT
STUDENTS. I'M AN UNDERGRAD OF IN
APPLIED MATH AT UC DAVIS AND I'M
ALSO PAID ACADEMIC SUBJECT
WORKER UNDER THE U. C U A W I AM
A STUDENT WHO'S TAKING MANY
RIGOROUS MATHEMATICS COURSES.
ALL OF THESE COURSES REQUIRED
TEACHING ASSISTANTS TO TEACH AND
GRADE MY COURSE FOR YOU, TA IS
GRADING WILL BE MADE IMPOSSIBLE,
AND STUDENTS LIKE ME WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO SUCCEED IN THESE
COURSES. WITHOUT FUNDING CLASS
SIZES WOULD BE LARGER AND
SECTION SIZES BECOME
UNMANAGEABLE. THIS WOULD
DEFINITELY HURT THE QUALITY OF
EDUCATION THAT I PAID FOR. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HELLO
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MY NAME IS
DIANA PROUD TO BE A FIRST
GENERATION CHICANA AND COLLEGE
GRADUATE WORKING ON MY PHD AT U.
C. DAVIS I CONDUCT RESEARCH
EXPANDING OUR THERAPEUTIC TOOL
BOX FOR TREATING CANCER IN A
SAFER WAY, HOWEVER, AS A DIRECT
RESPONSE TO OUR HIGHER WAGES AS
ACADEMIC WORKERS, MY SUPERVISOR
SWITCHED MY EXPECTED TYPES OF
APPOINTMENTS OR THE REMAINDER OF
MY DEGREE. NOW MY WORK AND THE
STATE'S INVESTMENT IN CANCER
RESEARCH IS BEING THREATENED BY
THE LACK OF CENTRAL SUPPORT FROM
THE C OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT TO
ENSURE THAT I CAN FOCUS ON
ACTUALLY CONDUCTING THE CUTTING
EDGE RESEARCH THAT INSPIRES ME
EVERY DAY. IT'S BEEN MY LONG,
LONG TIME GOAL TO LEAD A LAB AT
THE U. C AS A FACULTY MEMBER,
BUT IT'S BUT THE èC HIS
WILLINGNESS TO HURT ITS OWN
RESEARCH QUALITY DUE TO FAILURE
, UM, TO PRIORITIZE ITS WORKERS
MAKES ME WANT TO RECONSIDER.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME
IS MOLLY MCGUIRE AND WITH THE
CAMPAIGN FOR COLLEGE
OPPORTUNITY. THE ENROLLMENT
PICTURE IN CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC
HIGHER EDUCATION SEGMENTS IS
NUANCED. ENROLLMENT DECLINES ARE
REAL. BUT THE SEVERITY AND THE
REASONS FOR ENROLLMENT DECLINES
VERY NOT ONLY BY SEGMENT, BUT
SOMETIMES EVEN BY CAMPUS. BUT
THE QUESTIONS OVER ENROLLMENT,
PARTICULARLY HOW THOSE TARGETS
ARE ESTABLISHED, BASED ON WHAT
DATA AND ASSUMPTIONS AND THEIR
CONNECTIONS TO WORKFORCE
OUTCOMES ARE REASONABLE, AND WE
WOULD ARGUE, WOULD BEST BE
ADDRESSED BY A STATEWIDE
COORDINATING BODY. REGARDING THE
5% BASED INCREASE. THIS IS TIED
TO A RANGE OF GOALS, INCLUDING
INCREASED AFFORDABILITY AND MORE
EQUITABLE GRADUATION RATES.
THESE ARE VALUABLE GOALS AND
ENROLLMENT TARGETS ARE ONLY ONE
PART OF THAT EQUATION. SO WHILE
WE SUPPORT THE 5% BASED
INCREASED IN 23 24 GOING FORWARD
. THE SEGMENTS COMMITMENTS TO
INCREASING ANNUAL ENROLLMENT AS
WELL AS MEETING OTHER ANNUAL
TARGETS SHOULD BE EVALUATED
ANNUALLY WITH ANNUAL BUDGET
INCREASES CONTENTION UPON
SEGMENTS MEETING THEIR ANNUAL
TARGETS. REGARDING THE U. C L. A
TRANSFER PROPOSAL. WE SUPPORT
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THE
LEGISLATURE WORKING WITH èC TO
OFFER A D D A D T PATHWAY SYSTEM
WIDE, NOT JUST U. C L A THE 80 T
CONTINUES TO PROVIDE THE MOST
EFFECTIVE PATHWAY FOR TRANSFER
SEEKING STUDENTS. AND REGARDING
THE èC TRANSFER PROPOSAL
UNVEILED THIS MORNING, WHILE WE
APPRECIATE THE OPENNESS TO A
SYSTEM WIDE GUARANTEE, WE SHOULD
BE USING PROVEN PATHWAYS RATHER
THAN ADDING NEW PATHWAYS AND
CREATING ADDITIONAL CONFUSION
FOR STUDENTS. FINALLY WE'D LIKE
TO EXTEND OUR GRATITUDE TO CHAIR
MCCARTY FOR CONVEYING THE
IMPORTANCE OF A UNIFIED JOINT
TRANSFER PROCESS FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS. THANK YOU SO
MUCH. GOOD MORNING, MR CHAIRMAN
MEMBERS. I'M ACTUALLY HERE TO
COMMENT ON A CSU ITEM. IS THAT
ALRIGHT? OR WOULD YOU PREFER
THAT I WAIT FOR THE NEXT PUBLIC
COMMENT PERIOD? YOU CAN GO
AHEAD. APPRECIATE IT. MY NAME IS
ALYSSA. YUM. I'M HERE ON BEHALF
OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES UNION. WE'D
LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE ROBUST
DISCUSSIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN
HAVING HERE IN THE SEA SUS
BUDGET. WE WANTED TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT WE ARE ALSO CONTINUING
TO HAVE DIALOGUE WITH THE CSU
REGARDING PATH FORWARD ON SALARY
STEPS. ANOTHER PRIORITIES AND WE
WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE THE
COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE TO ASK
QUESTIONS AS YOU HAVE BEEN ABOUT
THE CSU'S BUDGET AND
EXPENDITURES TO ENSURE THAT
EVERY DOLLAR APPROPRIATED TO THE
CSU IS BEING PUT TOWARDS STUDENT
AND EMPLOYEE SUCCESS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MY
NAME IS CONNOR BRODERICK. I'M A
FIRST YEAR GRADUATE WORKER AND
CHEMISTRY AT UC BERKELEY AND A
PROUD MEMBER OF 28 65 THAT THE
èC HAS THREATENED GRADUATE
ENROLMENT AND TA CARD SOMEONE
EXCESSIVE 20% ACROSS MULTIPLE
CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS MEANS
THAT ANY PROMISES OF INCREASED
UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT WILL
NOT BE PROMISES OF AN IMPROVED
EDUCATION. I GOT TO 30 PERSON
LABORATORY SECTIONS LAST
SEMESTER AND OF MULTIPLE PERIODS
TO TEACH UP TO 80 STUDENTS AT A
TIME IN ONE OF THE LARGEST
DEPARTMENTS AT ONE OF THE
LARGEST UCS WHEN MR TENNANT SAID
EARLIER THAT AN ISSUE IN REGARD
TO INCREASING ENROLLMENT IS NOT
ENOUGH SPACE IN CLASSROOMS SHE
CONVENIENTLY ALIGHTED WHO WAS AT
THE FRONT OF THOSE CLASSROOMS.
US GRADUATE STUDENT WORKERS WHO
DO THE MAJORITY OF TEACHING AND
RESEARCH LABOR ON CAMPUSES
ACROSS THE SYSTEM. IT IS
ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT THE
LEGISLATURE ENSURES THE èC
HONORS OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AGREEMENTS IN FULL BY PROVIDING
CENTRAL FUNDING TO INCREASE
GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT
INTENDED WITH UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT TO PROVIDE A FULL AND
EQUITABLE EDUCATION TO THE NEXT
GENERATION OF CALIFORNIANS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK
YOU. HELLO MY NAME IS DIANE
ARNO'S MASTERS STUDENT AT THE U
. C. BERKELEY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND A TEACHING ASSISTANT
THERE FOR MASTER STUDENTS IN
PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS, THESE
ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND THE
ASSOCIATED TUITION BENEFITS
PROVIDED ARE ESSENTIAL TO MAKING
THESE DEGREES EVEN SOMEWHAT
AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
STUDENTS. WE AREN'T GUARANTEED
POSITIONS THE WAY THAT PHD
STUDENTS ARE. I'VE HEARD OF MANY
PLANS IN THE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
HEALTH AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL
SCHOOLS TO CUT UH TEACHING AND
RESEARCH POSITIONS, WHICH MEANS
THAT MASTER STUDENTS ESPECIALLY
WILL BE CUT OUT OF BEING ABLE TO
RECEIVE THESE POSITIONS ON THIS
IS GONNA PARTICULARLY AFFECT
MASTER STUDENTS AND SEVERELY
HAMPER THE ABILITY OF
PROFESSIONAL STUDENTS LIKE ME
AND MY COLLEAGUES FROM BEING
ABLE TO RECEIVE THE TRAINING. WE
NEED TO PURSUE CAREERS IN PUBLIC
HEALTH, WHICH IS DEEPLY
UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY IN A
TIME WHEN CALIFORNIA IS IN
DESPERATE NEED OF TRAINED PUBLIC
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS AND
RESEARCHERS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. HI MY NAME IS MIA ANTAS. OH
I'M A FIRST YEAR MASTER PUBLIC
POLICY STUDENT AT UC BERKELEY AT
THE GOLDMAN SCHOOL PUBLIC
POLICY, UM I DIDN'T PLAN ON
COMING UP HERE, BUT I WAS PRETTY
INSENSITIVE HERE, AND
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE
OF THE PRESIDENT TALKED ABOUT
THE COST OF LIVING IN OAKLAND
FOR GOP STAFF, MAKING HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. UH I'M
A GRADUATE STUDENT AT BERKELEY.
I LIVE IN OAKLAND LAST SEMESTER
. AS A READER, I WAS GRADING
PAPERS FOR 75 STUDENTS MAKING
$17 AN HOUR. UM AYE. PAID OVER
50% OF MY WAY MORE THAN THAT IN
RENT. UM AND I'M AT SCHOOL TO
MAKE CHANGE IN THE WORLD TO, YOU
KNOW, MAKE CALIFORNIA AND OUR
COUNTRY A BETTER PLACE, AND I
JUST THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY
RIDICULOUS THAT SHE CAN SIT UP
HERE AND TELL YOU THAT THE COST
OF LIVING IS IMPORTANT FOR UC
ADMINISTRATORS. WHERE WE HAVE
YOU KNOW WHERE THE PEOPLE WHO
MAKE OUR UNIVERSITY RUN AND
PROVIDE INSTRUCTION AND, YOU
KNOW, DO THE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
OF OUR UNIVERSITY AND THEY'RE
UNWILLING TO PAY US THE RAISES
THAT THEY AGREED TO. SO YEAH, I
JUST I FIND THAT REALLY
DISHEARTENING AND I APPRECIATE
YOUR QUESTIONING OF THAT. UM SO
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR
CONSIDERATION. GOOD MORNING. I'M
MARISSA WITH 28 65 WHILE WE'RE
SITTING IN THE HEARING ROOM. UM
JUST THIS MORNING, WE LEARNED
THAT YOU SEE, HAS BEEN
CIRCULATING A ONE PAGER AROUND
THE LEGISLATURE STILL CLAIMING
THAT NOTTS OR STUDENT
RESEARCHERS HAVE LOST THEIR JOBS
, AND NO DEPARTMENTS HAVE
ANNOUNCED LAYOFFS AS YOU'VE
ALREADY HEARD. THIS IS NOT TRUE
TO OUR WORKERS EXPERIENCES
ACROSS THE STATE. UM W HAS ALSO
CIRCULATED AN INTERNAL SURVEY
THAT'S COLLECTED OVER OR NEARLY
1000 INSTANCES OF, UM CUTS TO
RESEARCH AND TEACHING, INCLUDING
SECTIONS BEING BEING REDUCED
ENTIRELY. RESEARCH GROUPS BEING
SHRUNK AND ALSO EVEN PROMISED
APPOINTMENTS BEING RESCINDED. SO
THIS IS EXTREMELY OUTRAGEOUS
THAT YOU SEE IS DOUBLING DOWN ON
WHAT IS NOT TRUE. AND YOU KNOW
YOU CAUGHT BARGAINED OR
CONTRACTS CENTRALLY WITH US.
THEY MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY
FOR MAKING SURE THAT THE
CAMPUSES ARE IMPLEMENTING OUR
CONTRACTS CONSISTENTLY AND FULLY
. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MORNING
MY NAME IS LEO HAMMER LINK I'M,
A GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER AT
UC BERKELEY. UM AND I ALSO
WANTED TO ADDRESS THIS. UH SOME
OF THE POINTS THAT THE
UNIVERSITY AND YOU COPPER TRYING
TO CIRCULATE IN THIS MEMO. UM
PARTICULARLY, UM, THEY ARE
TRYING TO FRAME THIS AS, UH, YOU
KNOW, MY UNION MAKING
UNREALISTIC DEMANDS FOR FIXED
STAFFING LEVELS AND THAT THIS
WILL TOTALLY MESS WITH HOW IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN DONE THAT THE
DEPARTMENTS NEED TO HAVE TOTAL
AUTONOMY OVER THESE THINGS. BUT
IN REALITY, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO
WORK WITH A LOT OF WORKERS ON MY
CAMPUS TO WORK WITH OUR
DEPARTMENTS TO TRY AND GET A
FAIR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS
CONTRACT AND ALL WE'VE BEEN
HEARING IS WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY
GOOD ADVICE FROM THE UNIVERSITY
FROM CENTRAL CAMPUS FROM YOU,
COP, YOU KNOW THE YOU KNOW, YOU
COP BARGAINS THESE AGREEMENTS
CENTRALLY. THEY INSIST ON DOING
THAT, AND THEN THEY DIFFER THE
COST DOWN ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
THE DEPARTMENT LEVEL, AND THE
REALITY IS THAT THE DEPARTMENTS
NEED SUPPORT. FROM THE CAMPUS
AND THE CAMPUS NEEDS SUPPORT
FROM YOU, COP. UM, SO THAT'S
WHERE THE FUNDING FOR THESE
AGREEMENTS NEEDS TO COME FROM.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO MY
NAME IS THOMAS HERSELF HIM AND I
AM A FIRST YEAR OF PHYSICS PHD
STUDENT AT UC BERKELEY. LAST
FALL. MY UNION. ONE HISTORIC
CONTRACTS BY GOING ON STRIKE FOR
OVER A MONTH AND THROUGH THIS
DISRUPTION WE FOUGHT FOR RAISES
, WHICH THROUGHOUT ALL
DEPARTMENTS AT UC BERKELEY, I
HAVE SEEN ARE REPEATEDLY
UNDERCUT BY IT. EMPLOYMENT
REDUCTIONS. ALL THE DEPARTMENTS
THAT I'VE HEARD ARE IN DISARRAY,
INCLUDING MY OWN THAT THEY'VE
GOTTEN NO GUIDANCE FROM CENTRAL
CAMPUS. AND THAT THE SIZE THAT
FOR EXAMPLE, ME AS A G S I OF
THE CLASSES THAT I WILL HAVE TO
TEACH CONTINUES TO, UH, ENLARGE.
AND I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE
THAT THE èC TRADES IN ITS
REPUTATION, BUT WE CAN'T COAST
ON THEIR REPUTATION FOREVER AS
CLASS SIZES LARGE AND LARGE IN
AND THE BUDGET AS A FRACTION OF
A STUDENT FOR STUDENT CONTINUES
TO FALL. WE CAN'T FOREVER KEEP
UP OUR REPUTATION GIVEN THIS, SO
I ENCOURAGE YOU TO FULLY FUND
THE èC AND TO SUPPORT THE
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, DISTRIBUTING FUNDS TO
BOTH CAMPUSES AND DEPARTMENTS TO
STOP ENROLLMENT CUTS. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS MAXIM,
A GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCHER IN
THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT AT UC
BERKELEY. AND I'M PROUD MEMBER
OF 2865. WE'VE HEARD THESE
TALKING POINTS DISTRIBUTED. BIÂU
COP JUST MENTIONED AND WANTED TO
POINT OUT ONE OF THE STATEMENTS
IN THERE, THEY SAY, QUOTE
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS HAVE ALWAYS
BEEN PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR
ANALYZING THEIR BUDGETS,
ASSESSING FACULTY CAPACITY AND
ANTICIPATING STUDENT DEMAND, END
QUOTE. I FIND THIS ESPECIALLY
CURIOUS GIVEN THE DISCUSSION
ABOUT STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND
COME BACK WITH THE HIRING AT
TODAY'S HEARING, AND THE FACT
THAT DEPARTMENT BUDGETS ARE
LARGELY DETERMINED BY CENTRAL
CAMPUS ADMINISTRATIONS, SO YOU
KNOW THE UNIVERSITY IS WILLING
TO PASS THE BUCK TO THEIR
DEPARTMENTS FOR RESPONSIBILITY
FOR EMPLOYMENT LEVELS IN THEIR
DEPARTMENTS, BUT IS WILLING TO
STICK THEIR HANDS OUT HERE TODAY
BEFORE YOU TO ASK FOR MORE
FUNDING FOR THEIR YOU C O P
ADMINISTRATORS WHO, AS WE HEARD
MAKE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS WHILE WE'RE MAKING MUCH
LESS THAN THAT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
CONNOR JACKSON. I'M A PHD
CANDIDATE AT UC BERKELEY IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL AND
RESOURCE ECONOMICS. MY
DEPARTMENT OWES ITS EXISTENCE TO
THE UNIVERSITY'S RESPONSIBILITY
AS A PUBLIC LAND GRANT
INSTITUTION TO BENEFIT THE
PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
UNITED STATES AND THE
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN MY
DEPARTMENT ARE
DISPROPORTIONATELY FIRST
GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS AND
TRANSFER STUDENTS. LOOKING TO
SOLVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
OF OUR STATE AND OUR WORLD.
HOWEVER OUR DEPARTMENT THIS YEAR
ANNOUNCED A REDUCTION IN
ADMITTED PHD STUDENTS DOWN TO
ONLY SEVEN FROM A TYPICAL COHORT
OF 12 TO 13, EVEN WHILE WE
ALREADY ARE FINDING HAVING
DIFFICULTY IDENTIFYING QUALIFIED
CANDIDATES TO LEAD OUR
DISCUSSION SECTIONS, THESE CUTS
WILL IRREVOCABLY HARM OUR
ABILITY TO TRAIN AND DEVELOP THE
LEADERS. WE NEED TO SOLVE
CALIFORNIA'S ENVIRONMENTAL AND
POLICY CHANGES. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. HI I AM A PHD STUDENT IN
MATHEMATICS AT UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY. AND I WAS
HERE FOR THE HEARING. AND I JUST
NOTICED THAT THE COMMITTEE ASKED
THE UNIVERSITY OFFICE OF THE
PRESIDENT, HOW MANY OF ITS
EMPLOYEES MAKE OVER $100,000?
THEY COULDN'T ANSWER PRECISELY.
THEY DID ANSWER MANY, WHICH IS
FUNNY. UM, BUT I JUST WANT TO
NOTE THAT WE CAN TELL YOU HOW
MANY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
GRADUATE WORKER EMPLOYEES MAKE
LESS THAN $100,000. IT'S AROUND
36,000. IF YOU'RE WONDERING ALSO
AROUND 12,000 POSTDOCS ALSO MAKE
LESS THAN $100,000. SO THANK
YOU. HI MY NAME IS LIZ HAZAN.
I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT
INSTRUCTOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
CHEMISTRY AT UC BERKELEY. UM AND
I THINK SOMETHING THAT HASN'T
NECESSARILY BEEN DISCUSSED IN
THIS PUBLIC COMMENT YET IS THAT
THE UNIVERSITY PARTIALLY DUE TO
THE LACK OF CENTRAL GUIDANCE
FROM YOU COP HAS FAILED TO
IMPLEMENT, UM LIKE RAISES THAT
SHOULD HAVE COME AS SOON AS THIS
CONTRACT STARTED. SO IN MY
DEPARTMENT GRADUATE STUDENT
RESEARCHERS ARE ARBITRARILY PAID
AT 46% OF, UM FULL TIME
EMPLOYMENT AND PRO CONTRACT. WE
SHOULD BE PAID AT 50, AND THIS
MEANS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS THAT
WORKERS DESPERATELY NEED THAT
SHOULD BE IN THEIR POCKETS THAT
THEY HAVE NOT SEEN BECAUSE OUR
DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED NO
CENTRAL GUIDANCE FROM YOU COP
AND THEY'RE JUST SAYING WE NEED
TO HEAR SOMETHING CENTRALLY, AND
THIS IS NOT JUST AN ISSUE IN MY
DEPARTMENT. THIS IS AN ISSUE FOR
THOUSANDS OF WORKERS ACROSS THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SO I'D
REALLY URGE UM, YOU ALL TO
PRESSURE. YOU GOT TO DO THEIR
JOBS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
BEING GIVEN THESE THIS MONEY
THAT WE ARE LEGALLY ENTITLED PER
THIS CONTRACT THAT THEY HAVE
COMMITTED TO UM, MAKING SURE YOU
KNOW HAPPENS. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
SEAN CLARE I'M, A GRADUATE
STUDENT INSTRUCTOR IN THE
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY AT UC
BERKELEY. AND SOMETHING THAT I
WANT TO BRING UP IS IN MY
DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS OTHER
DEPARTMENTS AROUND èC,
BERKELEY. I'VE SEEN OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, UNION ORGANIZERS
BEING PUSHED OUT OF THEIR JOBS.
UM AFTER THE STRIKE, AND THE U.
C IS BENEFITING OFF OF THE
VAGUENESS, UM FROM DIRECTIVE,
THE LACK OF DIRECTIVE FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA'S
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, UM AND
SO WHEN UNION ORGANIZERS WERE
TOLD OH, ACTUALLY, YOU HAD
ANOTHER YEAR, BUT WE I DON'T
HAVE THE MONEY FOR YOU, RIGHT.
IT'S WELL, THAT'S NOT
RETALIATORY. I JUST I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO. AND YOU COPS NOT
TELLING ME ANYTHING. AND SO OVER
AND OVER AGAIN. I'M SEEING UNION
ORGANIZERS PUSHED OUT OF THEIR
JOBS FOR THEIR PROTECTED UNION
ACTIVITY. UM AND BèC HAS
BENEFITING FROM THE FACT THAT
THERE IS NO GUIDANCE AND SO IT
CAN BE COMPLETELY OBVIOUS. GATED
AND HIDDEN. AND I THINK THAT'S
REALLY, REALLY CONCERNING SO.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO MY
NAME IS MARCO ZIVANOVIC. I'M
ALONE. MR OF UC MERCED AND PROUD
SUPPORTER OF THESE HE SYSTEM AND
I'M ASKING YOU TO SUPPORT THE
GOVERNOR'S COMPACT ON THE
BUDGET. THANK YOU. HI. MY NAME
IS WILLIE GIBSON. I'M AN
UNDERGRAD AT UC DAVIS AND I'M A
TUTOR IN MATH AND CHEMISTRY. UM
I JUST WANTED TO BRING MORE OF
AN UNDERGRAD PERSPECTIVE TO THIS
ISSUE, INCREASING CLASS SIZES
AND POOR TREATMENT OF TIAS IS
LEADING TO A MUCH WORSE
EDUCATION AS YOU'VE HEARD FROM
SO MANY OTHERS TODAY, AND IT'S
AN ACTIVE REASON WHY ME AND SO
MANY OTHER PEOPLE ARE TELLING
THEIR FRIENDS AND SIBLINGS BACK
HOME TO NOT GO TO A èC BECAUSE
WE'RE SEEING HOW OUR SCHOOLS ARE
TREATING OUR TAS AND WE KNOW OUR
EDUCATION IS GETTING WORSE IN
QUALITY. AND THIS IS THE REASON
WHY I DON'T WANT MY BROTHER
GOING TO A èC. IF YOU CAN'T
CONTINUES TO ACT LIKE THIS AND
PUT THE PRIORITY OF THE REGION'S
OVER THAT OF THE GRAD STUDENTS.
THANK YOU. HI MY NAME IS MELISSA
AND I'M A FIRST YEAR PHD,
STUDENT, STUDENT RESEARCHER AND
PROUD MEMBER OF W 28 65. IF THE
UC IS A TEACHING INSTITUTION,
THEY NEED TO DEMONSTRATE THIS BY
MAKING GRAD STUDENTS WHO ARE
BOTH STUDENTS AND EDUCATORS THAT
èC HIGH PRIORITY IN THEIR
BUDGET. THREATENING CUTS BECAUSE
GRAD STUDENTS NEED TO MAKE ENDS
MEET. DOESN'T ALIGN WITH
STATEMENTS WE'VE HEARD FROM
OFFICIALS THAT EVERYONE SHOULD
HAVE AN EQUAL AND EQUITABLE
ACCESS TO A U. C. EDUCATION. ON
OUR LOW WAGES. WHEN WE'RE FACED
WITH FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, WE
OFTEN HEAR FROM ADMIN AND OUR
UNIVERSITIES THAT RATHER THAN
RECEIVING RAISES TO ADDRESS THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING WHERE WE
WORK. WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO
FIGURE IT OUT. IT'S TIME FOR THE
èC TO JOIN US IN THIS EXERCISE,
AND THEY'LL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO PAY THEIR GRAD STUDENT
WORKERS A MINIMUM SALARY OF
$34,000 A YEAR WITHOUT
TORPEDOING THE QUALITY OF
EDUCATION AT THEIR INSTITUTIONS.
GOOD MORNING. I'M MICHELLE. I'M
A CHEMISTRY STUDENT FROM
BERKELEY. I NOTICED THAT NOBODY
HAD BROUGHT THIS UP, BUT THERE
ARE HUGE PROBLEMS WITH HAVING
ENOUGH ROOMS FOR STUDENTS. THIS
HAS BEEN MENTIONED SOME BUT AT
BERKELEY, THEY TOLD HOST EXAMS
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
OFTEN BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
ROOMS TO GIVE PEOPLE EXAMS
DURING THE DAY. THEY SOMETIMES
HOST DISCUSSION SECTIONS IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT BECAUSE
THERE AREN'T ROOMS TO ACTUALLY
RESERVE DISCUSSION SECTIONS
DURING THE DAY. THEY HAD AN
ENORMOUS WAIT LISTS FOR
INTRODUCTORY CHEMISTRY CLASSES,
WHICH ARE PREREQS FOR A NUMBER
OF MAJORS BECAUSE THEY WERE
RUNNING OUT OF SPACE IS IN THE
LARGE LECTURE ROOMS. THOSE
CONSTANTLY DISCUSSIONS OF THE
FACT THAT THERE JUST ISN'T
ENOUGH MONEY FOR FACILITIES AND
THIS COLLEGE OF CHEMISTRY.
SOMEBODY WAS THROWING HER AROUND
A BILLION DOLLARS IN DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE RECENTLY. I THINK
THAT'S ACCURATE, THOUGH. I'M NOT
SURE THIS IS CERTAINLY A PROBLEM
IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS, TOO. IT'S
NOT JUST THAT THERE IS ENOUGH
FUNDING FOR T S, WHICH IS
DEFINITELY THE CASE. THANK YOU.
HELLO MY NAME IS ERICA. I'M A
THIRD YEAR PHD STUDENT
MATHEMATICS AT UC BERKELEY. UM
YOU'VE HEARD A LOT FROM A LOT OF
PERSPECTIVES ABOUT HOW THE
CURRENT SITUATION THAT YOU SEE
IS HURTING GRADUATE STUDENTS.
BUT OTHER PERSPECTIVE, WHICH MAY
BE HELPFUL TO HERE IS THAT THIS
IS ALSO HURTING THE èC AS AN
INSTITUTION. UM WHILE THE U C O
P, UM DELAYS AND GIVING GOOD
GUIDANCE STUDENTS ARE BEING HURT
GRADUATE STUDENTS BEING HURT,
BUT THAT MEANS THAT OUR
REPUTATION AS AN INSTITUTION IS
GOING DOWN THE DRAIN WE HEARD
ABOUT HOW DO YOU SEE IS ONE OF
THE GREAT RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
IN THE WORLD, BUT THAT WILL NOT
CONTINUE IF ITS EMPLOYEES ARE
HURT BY THE SPIRIT INSTITUTION.
I AS A STUDENT, UM, DO NOT FEEL
I CAN IN GOOD FAITH, RECOMMENDS
BEING A GRADUATE STUDENT AT UC
BERKELEY. UM, GIVEN THE CURRENT
SITUATION AND THE WAY THINGS ARE
GOING UNLESS YOU C O P UM,
FULFILLS ITS CONTRACT AND
ACCURATELY ON FUNDS. STUDENTS UM
, GOING FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE WILL BE
ABLE TO RECOMMEND YOU SEE AS AN
INSTITUTION. THANK YOU. OKAY NOW
WE HAVE SOME TELEPHONE. PUBLIC
COMMENTS. OPERATOR, ARE YOU
THERE? GET READY FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN ON
THE PHONE LINES. IF YOU DO WISH
TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE
PRESS ONE, FOLLOWED BY ZERO AT
THIS TIME. ONE FOLLOWED BY 09
20, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 20 IF YOU'D
LIKE TO RICK, YOU PLEASE PRESS
10. HE TOOK YOURSELF OUT OF Q
AND WE'LL GO TO LINE 34 YOU ARE
OPEN. 34 DID YOU HEAR ME? YES.
HI. MY NAME IS ALEX. MILES
SERVED AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
U. C STUDENT ASSOCIATION. I'M
HERE TO CALL IT TODAY EVER OF UM
ONE. FULLY IMPLEMENTING AND
FUNDING THE CALDERON EQUITY
FRAMEWORK. THIS POLICY IS THE
NORTH EQUITY, CENSORED FINANCIAL
AID POLICY, AND, UM WE'LL DO THE
MOST TO EVENTS ACTUALLY, ALL
THREE OF CALIFORNIA'S PUBLIC
HARD CATION SEGMENTS UM I'D ALSO
LIKE TO ADVANCE AN URGENT NEED
TO FUND $18.9 MILLION IN FUNDING
FOR DISABLED PROGRAMS AT THE
èC. YEAR, BUT. USER FACING ON
WAIT TIMES THAT UTTERLY
DISRUPTED ACADEMICS PROVIDE
DISABLED STUDENTS. WITH EQUAL
ACADEMICS PLAYING FIELD AT THE
MOMENT BECAUSE OF ITS INABILITY
OF THE LONG WAIT TIMES IT'S
EXPERIENCING DUE TO THE STAFFING
SHORTAGE HAS CURRENTLY GOING ON
IN TWO TABLES PROGRAM. BLACK OF
STAFFING ALSO CAUSES NOT HAVE
ACCESS TO CAREER MENTORSHIP AND
COMMUNITY SPACES. THEIR
EXPERIENCES ARE ABLE TO LIVE.
WHICH FURTHER HARMS THE ABILITY
TO ME. IT'S GOALS FOR REDUCING
GRADUATION, IMPROVING WORKFORCE
OUTCOME. UM AND CLOSING EQUITY
GAPS FOR THE OVER 19,000
STUDENTS AND COUNTING HEARD A
TABLE AT THE èC. POPULATION IS
ONLY GROWING AS THEY USED TO
EXPAND ENROLLMENT DRASTICALLY IN
COMING YEARS, AS WELL AS DOING
ONGOING PANDEMIC, WHICH ARE
INCREASING THE NUMBER OF
DISABLED STUDENTS COMING IN
SYSTEM. THANK YOU. 20 20, PLEASE
GO AHEAD. MY NAME IS JEFF
TOMORROW. I'M A PROUD GRADUATE
OF BOTH U. C. RIVERSIDE AND UC
SANTA BARBARA, A FORMER
PRESIDENT OF UC RIVERSIDE'S
LARGEST STAFF ORGANIZATION,
STAFF ASSEMBLY WITH MORE THAN
3000 STAFF MEMBERS, AND I BOUGHT
A MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS FOR
UC RIVERSIDE'S LARGEST COLLEGE
BEFORE 12,000 STUDENTS. I
ORDERED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF
MY ACADEMIC AND SPECIAL LIVE THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA TRULY
BELIEVE IT IS THE FINEST PUBLIC
UNIVERSITY IN THE WORLD AND ONE
OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL EMPLOYING
ONE IN EVERY 45 CALIFORNIANS AND
GENERATING AN AVERAGE OF FIVE
NEW INVENTIONS EVERY DAY. U C.
RIVERSIDE CONSISTENTLY RANKED AT
THE TOP UNIVERSITY, UNITED
STATES FOR SOCIAL MOBILITY, NOT
JUST CHANGING LIVES,
TRANSFORMING ENTIRE COMMUNITIES
THROUGH ITS GROUNDBREAKING
TEACHING, RESEARCH AND PUBLIC
SERVICE, YOU SEE, IS A CRITICAL
PARTNER IN SOLVING THE STATE'S
MOST PRESSING ISSUES. LAWMAKERS
TO SUPPORT UCS BUDGET REQUESTS
AND ENABLE THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS. I'M
GRATEFUL FOR THE INVESTMENTS
PROPOSED IN THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET INTRODUCTION, AND I HOPE
THAT YOU SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL AS
BUDGET NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MODERATOR
. WE, UM WE'RE GOING TO KEEP
THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE QUEUE.
WE'RE GOING TO RECESS NOW. AS WE
PREVIOUSLY NOTED FOR, UM OUR
WEEKLY CAUCUS LUNCH. SO.
CONVENING AT 1 30 IN ROOM 1 27.
THANK YOU. UM I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE 1 30, YOU'RE GONNA
BREATHE. RECONVENED. YES
RECONVENE. 1 30 ROOM 1 27, SO I
THINK THERE'S A DIFFERENT PHONE
NUMBER ON THE AGENDA. PEOPLE IN.
Q. YES. OKAY THESE PEOPLE IN
CUBA WILL STAY IN Q OR NOT.
BEFORE THEY CAN CALL BACK IN
LATER. OKAY WE HAVE A TON IN. Q.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS. OVER IT.
THANK YOU.
HI WE WILL GET GOING NOW WITH
OUR SECOND PART OF THE HEARING
TODAY. THIS IS ASSEMBLY BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE. UM. SO WE HAVE THE
CSU NOW WHICH, AS WE KNOW IS
THAT POWERHOUSE OF COLLEGE
BASKETBALL AT THE MOMENT. SO
QUESTION. HOW MANY USE THE HOW
MANY YOU SEE TEAMS ARE IN THE
FINAL FOUR. WHAT'S THE ANSWER?
MR FONG ZERO THAT WOULD BE THE
ANSWER. YES BECAUSE YOU SEE L A.
THEY'RE IN THE FINAL SIX SWEET
16, BUT HATS OFF TO OUR CSU. UM
SAN DIEGO STATE. WHAT'S THE NAME
OF HER? WHAT'S THE NAME? AZTECS,
AZTECS. AND I DON'T THINK THAT
CSU TEAM HAS EVER BEEN THE FINAL
FOUR. HAS IT BEEN ONE YEAH, IT'S
THE FIRST TIME. SO, YEAH, HATS
OFF. SO DO WE HAVE THE SAN DIEGO
STATE BASKETBALL TEAM ON THE
AGENDA TODAY. THEY'RE BUSY.
OKAY, WELL, OTHERWISE COME ON UP
THE REST OF THE CSU CREW. AND
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND ELIO
WILL GET TO THE ISSUE NUMBER SIX
CSU ENROLLMENTS. I DON'T THINK
SO.
NO PROBLEM. OH, NO, NO, HE'S
VERY EXCITED. BUT WE WERE HOPING
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN A U C L. A
SAN DIEGO STATE PANEL FOR
DIFFERENT BRACKETS, RIGHT? THEY
BOTH COULD HAVE MADE IT. BUT YOU
CRLA LET US DOWN. YES. BATTLE
BESIDES SAN DIEGO STATES WHO
ELSE HAS LIKE DIVISION ONE BIG
BASKETBALL LONG BEACH DAY? SAN
JOSE STATE. FRESNO STATE'S BEEN
IN THE TOURNAMENT BEFORE. YEAH.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF THEM TO THE
FINAL FOUR BEFORE. OKAY? ALL
RIGHT ONTO OTHER ISSUES.
ENROLLMENTS CSU. GO AHEAD
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
EXPECTATION THAT THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY OVER OKAY,
PARTNER SORRY. THE 23 24
GOVERNORS BUDGET IS FIRST AND
FOREMOST A STINT, FOCUSED BUDGET
AND CONTINUES TO BUILD UPON THE
HISTORIC INVESTMENTS AND
MAINTAINS THE MULTIYEAR COMPACT
AGREEMENT REFLECTED IN THE 2022
BUDGET ACT. INCLUDED IN THE MOST
YEAR COMPACT IS AN EXPECTATION
THAT THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY FURTHER INCREASED.
CALIFORNIA RESIDENT
UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT BY
APPROXIMATELY 1% PER YEAR
THROUGH FROM 2023 24 THROUGH 26
27 FOR APPROXIMATE TOLL OF AN
ADDITIONAL 14,000 FTE STUDENTS
FOR THE DURATION OF THE COMPACT
AGREEMENT WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY
TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE ABOUT THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
PROPOSAL FOR THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU,
OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR
MEMBERS LISA KING WITH THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE. IF
YOU TURN TO PAGE 36 IN YOUR
AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE A BAR CHART
THAT SHOWS RESIDENT ENROLLMENT
LEVELS AT CSU DATING BACK TO
2011 12. FOR MOST OF THE PAST
DECADES, SUS STEADILY INCREASED
ENROLLMENT. HOWEVER ENROLLMENT
LEVELS PEAKED IN 2020 21 HAVE
DECLINED, NOTABLY IN THE TWO
YEARS SINCE THEN. THE FACTORS
BEHIND THE DECLINE WILL SOUND
FAMILIAR FROM YOUR DISCUSSION
THIS MORNING ABOUT èC
ENROLLMENT. BRIEFLY CSU IS
SEEING CLEARER NEW TRANSFER
STUDENTS AS A RESULT OF
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT
DECLINES DURING THE PANDEMIC.
IT'S ALSO SEEING A DECLINE IN
CONTINUING STUDENTS, REFLECTING
VARIOUS FACTORS, INCLUDING
CHANGES IN RETENTION RATES AND
AVERAGE COURSELOAD. IN LAST
YEAR'S BUDGET, THE STATE
PROVIDED CSU WITH 81 MILLION
ONGOING GENERAL FUND TO ADD
ABOUT 9400 STUDENTS IN 2022 23.
SO IT'S THE CURRENT YEAR. THE
BUDGET ACT ALSO DIRECTED THE
ADMINISTRATION TO REDUCE THAT
FUNDING IN PROPORTION TO ANY
SHORTFALL IN MEETING THAT GROWTH
TARGET. ALL THOSE YEARS. YOU IS
NOT ADDING ANY STUDENTS IN 2022
23. THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOES
NOT REDUCE THE FUNDING. AS AN
ADDITIONAL BUDGET SOLUTION, THE
LEGISLATURE COULD CONSIDER
REMOVING THE 81 MILLION AS CSU
IS NOT USING IT THIS YEAR. DAN
MORE STUDENTS CSU DOES PLAN TO
RECOVER ENROLLMENT AND MAKE
PROGRESS TOWARDS THE GOALS SET
IN THE COMPACT. AND IF YOU TURN
TO PAGE 40 AND YOUR AGENDA,
YOU'LL SEE THEIR PLAN OUTLINED
FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS. YOU
COULD USE THE SUS PLAN AS A
STARTING POINT IN SETTING
ENROLLMENT TARGETS FOR THE
SEGMENT IN THE COMING YEARS. IN
DOING SO WE HAVE TWO
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT MAY ALSO
SOUND FAMILIAR FROM THIS
MORNING. FIRST WE RECOMMEND THE
LEGISLATURE'S SPECIFY IN THE
BUDGET ACT, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF
STUDENTS THAT IT DIRECTS CSU TO
ENROLL IN ANY GIVEN YEAR AS THIS
PROVIDES GREATER CLARITY AND
ACCOUNTABILITY AROUND ENROLLMENT
TARGETS. SECOND WE ALSO
RECOMMEND THAT THE LEGISLATURE
IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET ACT SIGNAL
ANY INTENT FOR ENROLLMENT GROWTH
IN BUDGET YEAR PLUS 1 2024 25
GIVEN THE TIMING OF CAMPUS
ADMISSION CYCLES. THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR. MCCARTY
AND MEMBERS. MY NAME IS NATHAN
EVANS AND I SERVE AS THE
ASSOCIATE VICE CHANCELLOR AND
CHIEF OF STAFF FOR ACADEMIC AND
STUDENT AFFAIRS AT THE CSU. AS
INTERIM CHANCELLOR KESTER SHARED
WITH YOU WHEN SHE JOINED YOU IN
FEBRUARY. THE C ISSUE IS
EXPERIENCING A HISTORIC SHIFT IN
ENROLLMENT PATTERNS WITH
CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS COMPRISING
95% OF OUR ENROLLMENT, ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL FORCES WITHIN THE
STATE. QUICKLY IMPACT OUR CSU
STAYED ENROLLMENT. AND WHILE WE
NAVIGATE THESE CHANGES, WE ARE
STRATEGICALLY WORKING TO ALIGN
OUR RESOURCES WITH THE DEMAND
AND QUOTE. AH FOR EQUALITY,
EDUCATION AND ADDRESSING
CALIFORNIA'S MOST PRESSING
CHALLENGES. NOW DECLINES IN
COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY
ENROLLMENT OR A NATIONAL
CHALLENGE, INCLUDING WITH OTHER
UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE SYSTEMS
IN CALIFORNIA. THE NATIONAL
STUDENT CLEARINGHOUSE PROJECTS
THAT THE TOTAL NATIONWIDE
DECLINE IN UNDERGRADUATE
ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN OVER 1.2
MILLION STUDENTS SINCE 2019. AND
WHILE MOST LOSSES OCCURRED AT
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AT THE ONSET
OF THE PANDEMIC, MORE RECENTLY
TO BALANCE HAS SHIFTED
PROPORTIONATELY TOWARDS DECLINES
AT FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS LIKE
THE CSU. AND WHILE WE BUCK
NATIONAL ENROLLMENT TRENDS EARLY
IN THE PANDEMIC, INCLUDING
WELCOMING OUR LARGEST ENROLLMENT
NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN FALL, 2020
SYSTEM WIDE ENROLLMENT HAS
DECLINED BY MORE THAN 21,000
STUDENTS DURING THE SUBSEQUENT
YEARS. BEYOND FOLLOWING SHORT OF
STATE TARGETS A SUSTAINED
DECLINE ENROLLMENT PRESENTS
TRULY FUNDAMENTAL AND
SIGNIFICANT THREATS TO THE CSU
MISSION, THE VITALITY OF OUR
INSTITUTIONS AND THE FUTURE OF
THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE. THIS
MATTER IS REQUIRING COLLECTIVE
AND COORDINATED SYSTEM WIDE AND
INDIVIDUAL INSTITUTIONAL
RESPONSES TO EXPAND ACCESS
SUPPORT, CONTINUATION OF OUR
STUDENTS AND THEIR SUCCESS FOR
ALL OF CALIFORNIA STUDENTS. NOW
THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO MEASURE
ENROLLMENT, ALL OF WHICH HAVE
VALUE, HOWEVER, FOR THE CSU AND
THE STATE. THE CRITICAL MEASURE
IS FULL TIME EQUIVALENT
ENROLLMENT OF CALIFORNIA
RESIDENTS. USING THAT METRIC
OVER THE PAST SIX DECADES, THE
CSU'S ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN ON A
LONG TERM UPWARD TREND. HOWEVER
DURING SEVERAL PERIODS, CSU
ENROLLMENT DECLINE DUE TO
LARGELY TWO DEGREES IS IN STATE
FUNDING, AS WAS THE CASE IN THE
EARLY TWO THOUSANDS AND
FOLLOWING THE 28 2008 GREAT
RECESSION. IN CONTRAST TODAY,
THE GOVERNOR'S COMMITTED THROUGH
THE BUDGET COMPACT TO SUSTAINED
INCREASES IN ENROLLMENT GROWTH
THROUGH 26 27. BUT CHANGES IN
THE ENROLLMENT PATTERNS IN THE
SEA ISSUE AS YOU'VE HEARD OR NOT
OCCURRING EVENLY, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE NUMBER OF FIRST YEAR
STUDENTS ACTUALLY INCREASED YEAR
OVER YEAR THIS YEAR. IN CONTRAST
, THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF
NEW TRANSFER STUDENTS OR
ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF
OUR OVERALL DECLINE IN
ENROLLMENT. AND AS YOU'VE HEARD
, ENROLLMENT IN CALIFORNIA'S
COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAS DROPPED
TO ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN 30 YEARS
, RESULTING IN A SMALLER POOL OF
PERSPECTIVE. CSU TRANSFER
STUDENTS YET CHANGES IN NEW
STUDENT POPULATION IS REALLY
JUST ONE PART OF THE EQUATION.
THE MAJORITY OF CSU'S ENROLLMENT
DECLINE IS ATTRIBUTABLE TO
CHANGES AMONG THE BEHAVIOR OF
OUR CONTINUING STUDENTS. FIRST
WE'VE SEEN SOME MODEST DECLINES
AND CONTINUATION RATES OF
STUDENTS FROM ONE TERM TO THE
NEXT AND WE'VE ALSO OBSERVED AS
OUR COLLEAGUES DESCRIBED AT THE
èC THIS MORNING, A NOTABLE
REDUCTION IN THE AVERAGE UNITS
THAT STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED EACH
SEMESTER. AND WHILE THE ENTIRE
SYSTEM IS OBSERVING THE CHANGE
IN OUR MOMENT FROM THAT PEAK IN
2020, SEVERAL CSU CAMPUSES HAVE
EXPERIENCED DECLINES THAT BEGAN
WELL BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. A
MAJORITY OF THOSE UNIVERSITIES
ARE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND
HAVE HISTORICALLY BEEN DEPENDENT
ON ENROLLING STUDENTS FROM OTHER
REGIONS OF THE STATE. NOW THE
REASONS FOR CHANGES IN STUDENT
BEHAVIOR ARE VARIED. STRONG
EMPLOYMENT DEMAND HIGHER ENTRY
LEVEL SALARIES, THERE'S MORE
PUBLIC QUESTIONING OF THE VALUE
OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND ONGOING
STRESSORS OF STUDENT MENTAL
HEALTH ARE AMONG THE DIFFERENT
CONSIDERATIONS THAT STUDENTS
REPORT. THE CSU AND ARE 23
UNIVERSITIES RECOGNIZED THE
SHIFTING PATTERNS EARLY AND
BEGAN SIGNIFICANT INTERVENTIONS
LAST FALL, WHILE WE INITIALLY
FORECAST TO CONCLUDE THE CURRENT
COLLEGE YEAR ABOUT 7% BELOW OUR
RESIDENT TARGET INTENTIONAL,
FOCUSED ACTIONS BY CAMPUSES
IMPROVE THAT POSITION TO ABOUT
5.6% BELOW THE RESIDENT TARGET
THAT EQUATES TO MORE THAN 5000
FT EITHER OR RECOUPED DURING
THAT TIME ABOVE OUR ORIGINAL
PROJECTIONS. AND THIS HAS BEEN
ACHIEVED THROUGH TARGETED
COMMUNICATION WITH CONTINUING
STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE INITIALLY
REGISTERED FOR FEWER COURSES
FOCUSED OUTREACH TO BRING
STUDENTS THAT STEPPED AWAY FROM
THEIR EDUCATION BACK INTO THE
CSU AND WORKING TO IMPROVE THE
YIELD OF NEW STUDENTS. THESE
STRATEGIC SHORT TERM EFFORTS ARE
BEING AMPLIFIED FOR FALL 23
THROUGH PLANNED INCREASES IN
SUMMER ENROLLMENT AND PLANS TO
ENROLL A LARGER FIRST YEAR CLASS
THIS FALL. WITH MORE
SOPHISTICATED UNDERSTANDING OF
THE LONG TERM TRENDS IN HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATES AND CALIFORNIA
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES. THE CSU IS
WORKING AND HAS DEVELOPED A
COORDINATED SYSTEM WIDE RESPONSE
, INCLUDING A MULTIYEAR
FRAMEWORK TO BETTER ALIGN
CURRENT AND FUTURE RESOURCES
WITH THE REALITIES OF CURRENTS
AND FUTURE SEA ISSUE. STUDENT
DEMAND. FIRST THE ALLOCATION OF
NEW ENROLLMENT AS PART OF THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET COMPACT WILL
ONLY BE PROVIDED TO UNIVERSITIES
ALREADY MEETING THEIR TARGET.
PLACING THOSE RESOURCES WERE THE
GREATEST DEMAND EXISTS. THEN
BEGINNING IN 2020 FOR THE PLAN
CALLS FOR THOSE UNIVERSITIES
WITH SUSTAINED DECLINES IN THEIR
ENROLLMENT TO HAVE 5% OF THEIR
ENROLLMENT TARGET AND ASSOCIATED
RESOURCES PERMANENTLY RE
ALLOCATED TO THE UNIVERSITIES
THAT ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING
THEIR CURRENT GOALS. THAT
THRESHOLD FOR REALLOCATION WOULD
NARROW AND SUBSEQUENT YEARS TO
INCENTIVIZE ALL CAMPUSES TO GROW
AND INCREASE ACCESS AND
ENROLLMENT. IN ADDITION TO THE
BUDGET OUT REALLOCATION PLAN.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN INVESTING IN
SEVERAL KEY STRATEGIES TO
SUPPORT ENROLLMENT. LAST FALL,
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE EXPANDED
STUDENT RECRUITMENT THROUGH
TARGETED ENROLLMENT, MARKETING
CONTRACT AND DIGITAL ADVERTISING
ACROSS THE STATE. THE ISSUE IS
ALSO PARTNERED WITH THE LOS
ANGELES UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
, BETTER SUPPORTING SCHOOLS WITH
LOW COLLEGE GOING RATES AND
WE'RE EXPLORING SIMILAR
OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE.
THERE'S ALSO BEEN POLICY AND
PROGRAMMATIC CHANGES THAT WE'RE
MAKING 60 SQ CAMPUSES HAVE
ELECTED TO DISCONTINUE VARIOUS
LEVELS OF ADMISSION, IMPACT
SHIN, OPENING THEM TO BROADER
ACCESS AND OTHERS ARE EXPECTED
TO FOLLOW SUIT AND TO BOLSTER
TRANSFER STUDENT ENROLLMENT.
WE'RE LAUNCHING AND HAVEN'T JUST
LAUNCHED A NEW DUAL ADMISSION
PROGRAM AVAILABLE TO HIGH SCHOOL
GRADUATES IN 2023 BEYOND IN
SHORT, THE CSU HAS ALREADY BEGAN
AND WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE
DECISIVE ACTIONS TO INCREASE THE
NUMBER OF CALIFORNIANS ENROLLED
. THESE ACTIONS HAVE ALREADY
RESULTED IN IN THE IMMEDIATE
IMPROVEMENTS COMPARED TO
FORECAST LAST FALL, AND WHILE WE
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A MORE
SUSTAINED STRATEGIC WORK IS
AHEAD, THIS MULTI YEAR PLAN IS
BOTH RESPONSIVE TO THE NEED TO
MOST EFFICIENTLY USED STATE
RESOURCES WHILE ALSO CREATING
GREATER ACCESS TO LIFE CHANGING
POWER OF A C ISSUE DEGREE. THANK
YOU, AND WE WELCOME YOUR
QUESTIONS. QUESTION, MR FONG.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR AND
GOOD AFTERNOON CSC TEAM. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR THE ROBUST
PRESENTATION. AND WHEN THEY LOOK
AT THE CHART ON PAGE 37 ON THE
NUMBER OF CAMPUSES, SO WE HAVE A
NUMBER OF CAMPUSES HAVE GROWN.
THE BIGGEST HILLS, POMONA AND
LONG BASED NUMBER. SAN DIEGO.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT CAMPUSES
HAVE DECLINED. AND WE KNOW THAT
OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
EXPERIENCE IN THE LINE OF
APPROXIMATE 20% ACROSS THE
SYSTEM. BUT SOME CAMPUSES HAVE
GROWN ANOTHER CAMPUSES OF
DECLINED AS WELL THERE. IS THERE
ANY CORRELATION WHERE COLLEGE
CAMPUSES AND THAT FEED INTO SOME
OF THE CSU CAMPUSES? IN THAT
REGION. IS THERE ANY TYPE OF
MAYBE ANY TYPE OF CORRELATION
RELATIONSHIP THERE, OR IS IT
JUST MORE SYSTEM WIDE? WONDERFUL
QUESTION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. IN
SOME REGIONS OF THE STATE, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE BAY AREA THOSE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND MANY OF
OUR C ISSUE INSTITUTIONS IN THAT
REGION HAVE EXPERIENCED SIMILAR
LEVELS OF DECLINE. BUT THAT
DOESN'T ALWAYS HOLD TRUE ACROSS
THE STATE. THERE ARE SOME AREAS
WHERE SOME COMMUNITY COLLEGES AS
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, OR BEGINNING
TO EXPERIENCE, SOME REBOUND OF
THAT. AND UNSURPRISINGLY,
BECAUSE THOSE STUDENTS ARE AT
LEAST TWO YEARS OUT BEFORE THEY
COME TO THE SEA ISSUE THAT
RECOVERY PER IF YOU DESCRIBE IT,
AS SUCH, HASN'T BEEN EXPERIENCED
BY THE CSU, SO THERE IS SOME
VARIATION BUT IN CERTAIN REGIONS
LIKE THE BAY AREA, THEY'RE VERY
CLOSE ALIGNMENTS AND CORRELATION
BETWEEN THOSE DECLINES IN THE
BAY AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND
MANY OF OUR BAY AREA CSU
INSTITUTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THAT
, UH, INFORMATION AND THEN IN
TERMS OF GROWING FTS BY 10,000
BETWEEN THE CURRENT YEAR IN 2023
24. ARE WE CONFIDENT THAT THE
SYSTEM CAN MEET ITS TARGET? SO I
THINK WHAT WE HAVE LAID OUT IS A
MULTI YEAR PLAN WHERE WE WILL
NOT AS WE ALREADY SHARED. WE
WILL NOT BE ACHIEVING THE
CURRENT YEAR TARGET AND WE JUST
AS IT'S TAKEN NOW, A COUPLE OF
YEARS TO SORT OF SEE A DECLINE
FROM A POSITION WHERE WE WERE
ACTUALLY ENROLLING MORE STUDENTS
THAN THE STATE WAS FUNDING US.
THAT DIDN'T CHANGE IN ONE YEAR,
AND SO WE'VE LAID OUT A MULTI
YEAR PLAN THAT BOTH IS TARGETING
NEW ANY NEW RESOURCES AND GROWTH
TO THOSE CAMPUSES THAT HAVE THE
STRONGEST DEMAND. AND THEN
BEGINNING AS I MENTIONED IN 24
25 WILL ACTUALLY BE REMOVING
ENROLLMENT TARGETS FROM CAMPUSES
THAT ARE UNDER ENROLLED AND
AGAIN, PLACING THAT WHERE THE
GREATEST DEMAND EXIST. AND SO WE
THINK BY BETTER ALIGNING THAT WE
WILL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT
ENROLLMENT TARGET OVER THAT
MULTIYEAR HORIZON. THANK YOU.
AND THEN FROM A WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT PERSPECTIVE, WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF WORK AND
THE GROWTH OF DIFFERENT UH,
INDUSTRIES. IS THERE ANYTHING
THAT WE CAN DO TO LOOK AT
CURRICULUM OR OTHER THINGS THAT
MADE IN DEMAND PROGRAMS THAT
SOME CSU CAMPUSES MIGHT BE
OFFERING AND OTHERS THAT MAYBE
WE CAN LOOK AT HOW WE CAN, UM,
OFFER THOSE COURSEWORK?
ABSOLUTELY ACTUALLY, JUST LAST
WEEK AT OUR CSU BOARD OF
TRUSTEES MEETING WAS THE ANNUAL
REPORT ON ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND
CAMPUSES PROPOSING IN THE BOARD
APPROVING ADDITIONS TO THEIR
INDIVIDUAL UNIVERSITY AND THEN
THE SYSTEM WIDE ACADEMIC MASTER
PLAN. AND SO THAT WAS JUST A
GREAT AND I'LL USE CSU CHANNEL
ISLANDS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY WENT
INTO DEEPER DEPTH ABOUT THEIR
PLANNING. NOW THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY
A CAMPUS THAT IS STILL GROWING
AND DEVELOPING AT ONLY BEING 30
YEARS OLD. AND SO THEY'RE STILL
IN THE STEPS OF ESTABLISHING
SOME OF THOSE FOUNDATIONAL
PROGRAMS THAT THEY NEED TO BE
SORT OF A TRUE COMPREHENSIVE
UNIVERSITY. BUT THE SAME TIME
THEY WERE TARGETING VERY
SPECIFICALLY AREAS OF WORKFORCE
DEMAND IN STEM DISCIPLINES IN
TEACHER EDUCATION IN CALIFORNIA
AND OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR AREAS.
THERE'S ALSO SOME GREAT EXAMPLES
OF PARTNERSHIPS ARE USE IN THE
MONTEREY BAY AREA. A STRONG
PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN CSU,
MONTEREY BAY AND HARTNELL
COLLEGE, WHERE THEY HAVE
DEVELOPED A COMPUTER SCIENCE
DEGREE COLLABORATIVELY WHERE
STUDENTS CAN COMPLETE THAT. IN
THREE YEARS. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY
BEEN IDENTIFIED AS SORT OF A
MODEL PROGRAM WHERE STUDENTS ARE
SIMULTANEOUSLY ENROLLED IN BOTH
INSTITUTIONS. AND NOW THAT SAME
MODEL IS BEING USED IN THE L. A
BASIN BETWEEN CSU, DOMINGUEZ
HILLS AND EL CAMINO COLLEGE, SO
THERE'S JUST BEEN SOME GREAT
EXAMPLES WHERE WE SEE THAT
SUCCESS MEETING VERY DIRECT
WORKFORCE NEEDS AND THEN WORKED
WITH SISTERS SUS TO REALLY
EMULATE THAT IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE STATE. AND THANK YOU FOR THE
MESSAGING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH L.
U S. T AS WELL GOING FORWARD, I
THINK WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT,
THEIR OTHER WORK THAT HAS
HAPPENED IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
TO AMPLIFY THOSE EARLIER MISSION
. THOSE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
STUDENTS WOULD BE, UM, CRITICAL
. THAT'S SOMETHING WE DID AT LSE
CITY AS WELL. WE KINDA HAD A
WELCOME LETTER FOR ALL THE LOC
STUDENTS AND WHEN WE TARGET THE
SO THAT STUDENTS KNOW THAT THEY
HAVE OPTIONS WHERE IT'S CSU, UC
OR THE COMMITTEE COLLEGES THAT
WERE BEING ACCESSIBLE THAT WE'RE
BEING OPEN AS A STATE AND AS AN
ORGANIZATION, SO THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MR CHAIR. OKAY? JUST ME
AND YOU TODAY, MR. HIGHER IT
SHARE UM YEAH, I WANT TO GO TO
THIS CHART TO THAT OUR STAFF PUT
TOGETHER IN THE AGENDA. I THINK
IT'S REALLY INFORMATIVE OVER
THIS FIVE YEAR CLIP OF
ENROLLMENT TRENDS, SO A FEW
THINGS THAT THAT THAT POP OUT AT
US, UH, THE FIRST ONE IS THE ONE
FURTHEST DOWN IN THE LIST OF
YOUR 23 CSU CAMPUSES, AND THAT'S
ON THE AGENDA WILL TALK ABOUT
HUMBLED A LITTLE BIT. UM SO IT'S
NOT ALL IT'S NOT ALL COVID HERE.
THIS WAS A FIVE YEAR PRETTY
STEEP, PERCEPTIVE DECLINE OVER
30% WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO WE
ATTRIBUTE THAT TO MASSIVE
NUMBER? SO I MEAN, I THINK AS
YOU MENTIONED, YOU'LL BE HEARING
DIRECTLY FROM OUR COLLEAGUES AT
CAL POLY HUMBLE LATER THIS
AFTERNOON. UM WHAT WE HAVE
OBSERVED IS AS AND I MADE SOME
REFERENCE IN MY COMMENTS THAT IF
YOU LOOK AT THE LIST OF CAMPUSES
TOWARD THE BOTTOM, MANY OF THOSE
HAVE BEEN HISTORICALLY DEPENDENT
ON ENROLLING STUDENTS FROM OTHER
PARTS OF THE STATE. SO IF YOU
THINK ABOUT CALIFORNIA UM YES.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT NOT JUST
HUMBLE. LET'S TALK ABOUT CHICO
SONOMA HUMBLE TIME AS A GROUP,
SO THEY'RE ALL ROUGHLY IF YOU
AVERAGE THEM TOGETHER, THEY'RE
PROBABLY LIKE BETWEEN 20 AND 25%
DROP IN LAST FIVE YEARS. CORRECT
THEY'RE NOT GETTING L. A PEOPLE
GOING UP THERE LIKE THEY USED
TO. PRECISELY WHY DON'T THEY DO
THAT ANYMORE? SO I THINK PART OF
IT IS I MEAN, THERE'S A VARIETY
WHEN WE TALKED TO STUDENTS. THEY
ARE ALSO THINKING MORE LOCALLY,
MANY TIMES FOR YOU KNOW, IF YOU
LOOK AT THE PROTOTYPICAL SEE
ISSUE STUDENT THAT'S GOING TO BE
HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON FINANCIAL
AID. AND THEY LOOK AT THOSE
OPTIONS AND EVEN IF THEY ARE
ADMITTED TO THOSE CAMPUSES IN
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, THE OUT OF
POCKET EXPENSES ARE ONE THING
THEY'RE CONSIDERING AND STAYING
CLOSER TO HOME AND SO COST IN
TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION AND
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS AS THEY
STUDENTS AND FAMILIES HAVE
EXPERIENCED INCREASES ARE
FACTORING THAT IN PERHAPS YEAH,
BEFORE AND I KNOW THERE'S IT'S
NOT JUST ONE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
LIKE THE SURVEY, BUT THEY WERE
DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS GOING UP
AND IN THESE AREAS, I WOULDN'T
SAY THAT HOUSING IS A BIG CRUNCH
LIKE IT IS IN FULLERTON OR
OTHERS. HOUSING IS PROBABLY
PRETTY CHEAP. THEY'RE RELATIVELY
IN HUMBLE AND CHICA. MAYBE NOT
SONOMA. UM AND THEY HAVE THEIR
RELATIVE FINANCIAL AID OVER THE
TIME, SO IT MUST BE SOMETHING
SOMETHING ELSE OR SOME OTHER.
CHANGES. BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S
A BIGGER PICTURES. WHAT WE COULD
DO GOING FORWARD, RIGHT? AND I
THINK WE'RE ALSO RECOGNIZING AND
AS WE TALK ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT
AND RESOURCE REALLOCATION
PROCESS THAT SOME OF THESE ARE
DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES, I MEAN,
WE'VE SEEN MIGRATION FROM MORE
RURAL AREAS INTO MORE URBAN
AREAS, AND THAT'S BEEN AN
ONGOING TREND. SO IT REALLY IS.
YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT JUST ONE
SINGLE PHENOMENON. IT'S MULTIPLE
THINGS PLAYING OUT. BUT WE SOME
OF THIS PROCESS IN REALLOCATING
IS RECOGNIZING THAT SOME OF
THOSE INSTITUTIONS MAY NOT GROW
BACK TO A SIZE THAT THEY WOULD
HAVE BEEN FIVE OR 10 YEARS AGO
THAT THEIR SUSTAINABLE SIZE
GOING FORWARD MAY BE SMALLER
THAN IT WAS. AND SO THAT THEN
THE INTENT IS TO MOVE THOSE
ENROLLMENT TARGETS AND THOSE
ASSOCIATED RESOURCES TO OTHER
AREAS OF THE STATE OVER A PERIOD
OF TIME. THE ONE THAT'S
SURPRISING TO ME IS WELL. FIRST
OF ALL, HUMBLED AND CHICO ARE
FAR NORTH, ESPECIALLY HUMBLED.
LEAVING CHICO'S PRETTY FAR NORTH
, NOT A BIG POPULATION CENTER.
BUT SONOMA'S KIND OF AN OUTLIER
IN THAT, AND THAT'S ALMOST 30%
DECLINE. THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND
YOU KNOW, MR MARTIN? I SPENT A
COUPLE OF DAYS THERE IN THE
FALL. YOU GUYS WERE THERE. AND
UH, GREAT PRESIDENT FROM FORMER
LEADER FROM SAC STATE. HE'S THE
INTERIM STORE, RIGHT? YES FOR
THE PERMANENT SPOT. UM YOU KNOW
THEY'RE IN A IN AN AREA THAT'S
GROWING TYPE I POPULATION GROWTH
THERE AND THE KIND OF NORTH BAY
AREA, SO THAT'S KIND OF
PERPLEXING. WHY WE DON'T SEE
THAT DROP AND POPULATION THERE
AND THAT HAS A THAT HAS A
DECREASE, SO WHAT DO WE DO?
THEY'RE GOING FORWARD. SO I
THINK SONOMA STATE UM AND AS YOU
ATTESTED TO, I THINK THEY HAVE
RECOGNIZED SOME OF THE
CHALLENGES THEY DID HISTORICALLY
DRAW LARGE SHARE OF THEIR
STUDENTS FROM OUTSIDE OF THE BAY
AREA SONOMA. THEY WERE VERY
DEPENDENT ON SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
FOR THEIR HISTORIC ENROLLMENT.
AND SO THEY ARE REINVESTING IN
OUTREACH, RECRUITMENT AND SORT
OF TARGETED YIELD OF NEW
STUDENTS FROM THOSE REGIONS
BECAUSE THEY HAVE CAPACITY.
THEY'RE RIGHT SIZING AS I
MENTIONED, UM, BUT THAT WAS A
CHANGE IN, YOU KNOW, OVER TIME
AS WELL AND THEY HAVE RECOGNIZED
THAT THEY ARE THEY NEED TO
SUCCEED IN THEIR BACKYARD BUT
ALSO INVEST TIME AND ENERGY INTO
BRINGING STUDENTS FROM SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. HMM OKAY, AND THEN
WHAT DO WE ATTRIBUTE? THE SAN
LUIS OBISPO CAL POLY BECAUSE
THAT'S KIND OF SURPRISING
BECAUSE I ALWAYS THINK THAT CSU.
YOU KNOW, AVERAGE DEMAND, BUT
SOME CAMPUSES, SUPER HIGH DEMAND
AND IN MY HEAD FOR DECADES, IT'S
ALWAYS BEEN SAN DIEGO STATE. AND
CAL POLY RECENTLY, I GUESS LONG
BEACH DATE IN FULLERTON. AND
SUPER SURPRISED TO SEE THAT SAM
WAS BASEBALL. BEING A POLY AND
YOU KNOW HIGH TEST SCORES INTO
GET IN, HAS HAS A DROP IN THE
LAST FIVE YEARS. I GUESS NEARLY
10% SO CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO
IS A LITTLE BIT OF A NOMINAL AND
ANOMALY AS YOU DESCRIBE. THEY
ACTUALLY EXCEEDED THEIR AND
ROMAN TARGET SIGNIFICANTLY ABOUT
4 TO 5 YEARS AGO, AND SO THEN
HAD TO, UH, CORRECT THEIR
OVERALL ENROLLMENT OVER A SERIES
OF YEARS. SO IT SORT OF DID
RESULT IN THIS SWING THAT SHOWS
UP UM THEY ARE CURRENTLY STILL
UNDER ENROLLED AND HAVE ACTUALLY
LAID OUT A PLAN TO RETURN TO
THEIR ENROLLMENT TARGET THIS
YEAR. AND SO I THINK IF YOU
WOULD GO BACK TO LIKE, 2015, IT
WOULDN'T LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE A
BIG DROP FIVE YEARS. YEAH. AND
OVERALL, WE'RE SO I FIRST OF ALL
I HAD TO CSU WHEN I FIRST
STARTED HERE NINE YEARS AGO,
REMEMBER? YES, YOU WOULD ALWAYS
SAY LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE
ALWAYS COMPARE IT TO YOU SEE,
LIKE DURING THE GREAT RECESSION.
WE DIDN'T CLOSE THE DOORS. WE
ENROLLED PEOPLE OVER AND OVER
AND HAD, UM, UNFUNDED
ENROLLMENT. THE NUMBER WAS LIKE
40,000. UM AND. HOW HOW? HOW ARE
WE GOING TO GET BACK TO THAT? SO
I CAN START AND MY COLLEAGUE MR
STORM CAN CAN FILL AND PERHAPS
FROM A FINANCIAL SIDE AS WELL, I
THINK THAT WE HAD OVER TIME
ENCOURAGED CAMPUSES TO GET
CLOSER TO THEIR TARGET. THERE
WASN'T SORT OF A PUNITIVE
PROCESS BUT ENCOURAGED CAMPUSES
TO STAY WITHIN A PARTICULAR
MARGIN OF SORT OF ERROR OF THAT
TARGET, ALTHOUGH WE HAD A NUMBER
OF CAMPUSES, AS YOU DESCRIBED
THAT WERE SIGNIFICANTLY
EXCEEDING THAT AND WE HAVE
WORKED WITH THEM OVER TIME. TO
BEGIN TO BRING THAT DOWN. WHAT
HAPPENED IS THEN THE PANDEMIC
ALSO PLAYED OUT WHICH THEN
DISRUPTED ALL THAT ENROLLMENT.
SO WHERE WE HAD SOME CAMPUSES
ALREADY, UH, INTENTIONALLY SORT
OF BRINGING THEMSELVES BACK INTO
SORT OF THRESHOLD OF TOLERANCE
AROUND THEIR FUNDED TARGET. WE
HAD OTHER CAMPUSES. THAT IS YOU.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SIGNIFICANTLY
DECREASED. SO WE'VE LAID OUT
THIS MULTI YEAR PLAN TO INCREASE
. YOU KNOW, THE MESSAGE TO ALL
CAMPUSES IS TO GROW AT THIS TIME
THAT WE WILL BE FUNDING ACTUAL
ENROLLMENT THAT HAPPENS ON THEIR
CAMPUS. PERSONS WITH NEW
RESOURCES FROM THE STATE AS WELL
AS THAT MULTIYEAR REALLOCATION
PROCESS, SO AGAIN. YOU KNOW, THE
REALITY IS WE'VE NOTICED THE
CAMPUSES THAT ARE YOU DESCRIBED
OR SIGNIFICANTLY BELOW AND
BEGINNING IN 24 25, THEY WOULD
HAVE RESOURCES AND THEIR
ENROLLMENT TARGET RE ALLOCATED
AT THE SOME SAME TIME. WE'RE
SORT OF ENCOURAGING ALL CAMPUSES
THAT HAVE THE DEMAND TO GROW TO
THE ABSOLUTE EXTENT THEY CAN, AT
THIS TIME TO SORT OF BALANCE THE
ENTIRE SYSTEM, SO IT'S NOT ONLY
THE ACTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL
CAMPUSES, BUT THE SYSTEM, TAKING
A MUCH MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN
ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN. MM.
YES SIR. MR STORE. I'M I'M RYAN
STORM THE ABC FOR BUDGET FOR THE
CSU. A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS
WORTH POINTING OUT TO THE FIRST
IS, UM, HISTORICALLY ONE COULD
ARGUE THAT BECAUSE THEIR
ENROLLMENT WAS SO ROBUST OVER
THE YEARS THAT ENROLLMENT
OUTREACH WAS A LITTLE BIT ON THE
LIGHTER SIDE. AND SO ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE'LL BE DOING AND
YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR FROM
HUMBLE. UM CAL POLY HUMBLE A
LITTLE BIT LATER IS THAT THEY
BEEN VERY AGGRESSIVE IN TERMS OF
THEIR ACTUAL MARKETING. AND
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN IN TERMS OF
THEIR APPLICATIONS AND ADMITS, I
THINK THE OTHER THING, TOO. THAT
WILL BE HELPFUL IS THE ACTUAL
FINANCIAL WHEREWITHAL FOR US TO
REALLOCATE FUNDING FROM
CAMPUSES. UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE
REALLY, UH OKAY. FINANCIAL
INCENTIVE. VERSUS AN
ENCOURAGEMENT. UM AND SO WHAT
THAT DOES IS THAT OBVIOUSLY
MEANS THAT WHEN THERE'S TOO MUCH
RESOURCES AT A PARTICULAR CAMPUS
. THAT MEANS THAT WE COULD BE
EDUCATING SOMEWHERE MORE
STUDENTS ELSEWHERE IN THE STATE
, AND OBVIOUSLY, THAT WILL HELP
WITH THE OVERALL TARGET THAT YOU
ALL HAVE SET FOR US, SO I GOING
BACK TO YOUR OTHER COMMENTS THAT
BEHAVIOR CHANGE BASED UPON
STATES POPULATION. AND WE DO
HAVE OBVIOUSLY THE MAJORITY OF
OUR POPULATION IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND ESSENTIALLY L. A
COUNTY. SO THE CSU'S THERE YOU
KNOW, LONG BEACH IS GROWING.
DOMINGUEZ HILLS, POMONA. FULLER
TANA GETS HIS FLAT AND IN
NORTHRIDGE LOW FLAT, BUT SOME OF
THOSE CAMPUSES ARE PRETTY MUCH
KIND OF CAPACITY ANYWAY, LIKE
NORTH BRIDGE AND FULLERTON.
THERE, YOUR LARGEST CAMPUS IS
ESSENTIALLY I THINK, ALONG WITH
LONG BEACH AND SO WE DON'T HAVE
CAPACITY THERE. AND I'M GLAD I
SEE DOMINGUEZ HILLS IS GROWING,
AND I VISIT THAT CAMPUS LAST FEW
YEARS, AND IT'S A GREAT LOCATION
. GREAT GREAT REAL ESTATE THERE
AND I THINK TONS OF POTENTIAL
THERE, SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT.
JUST CURIOUS WHY WE HAVE ALL THE
POPULATION GROWTH, THEIR DESIRE
NOT TO GO TO HUMBOLDT OR CHICO
ANYMORE. WHY WE DON'T SEE. MORE
GROWTH. THAT. FOR EXAMPLE, L A
AND SAN BERNARDINO WHO, AS FAR
AS I KNOW, BOTH THOSE CAMPUSES
ARE NOT LANDLOCKED, CONSTRAINED
WITH. TOO MANY PEOPLE, TOO FEW
BEDS TO LOS ANGELES IS A GREAT
EXAMPLE OF CAL STATE L A. WITH
THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY
EXCEEDING THEIR STATE FUNDED
TARGET BY MORE THAN 20% AT ONE
POINT, SO THEY WERE A CAMPUS
THAT THE RESOURCES THAT HAVE
BEEN ALLOCATED THEM BASED ON OUR
OVERALL FTE TARGET FOR THE
SYSTEM. THEY WERE EXCEEDING THAT
BY MORE THAN 20% AND SO THEY
WERE A CAMPUS THAT WE WERE
WORKING TO GET BACK. INTO BETTER
ALIGNMENT WITH THEIR CURRENT
RESOURCES. THEY SLOWED DOWN
BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GIVING HIM
ENOUGH MONEY. BUT NOW BUT NOW
WE'RE SITTING HERE WITH CASH ALL
AROUND. TAKE MORE STUDENTS. SO
THE MESSAGE TO THEM AS I SAID,
TO ALL CAMPUSES AS GROW, THEY
ARE AMONG THE CAMPUSES THAT WERE
HIGHLY ENCOURAGING TO GET BACK
TO THAT THAT STATUS THAT THEY
WERE AT BEFORE, AND SO THERE'S
WAS. THERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF AN
INTENTIONAL DECREASE OVER TIME
BECAUSE THEY HAD EXCEEDED WHERE
WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S WHEN WE
COULD. YOU'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT.
WRAP IT UP. NOT TOO HARD. WHAT
ABOUT SAME BLANDINO. THAT'S A
BOOMING AREA EMPIRE. THE
POPULATION GROWTH THERE MORE
THAN L A S. EVERYONE'S GOING. SO
UM CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO HAS
LARGELY ELIMINATED IMP ACTION,
SO THEY WERE IN A POSITION FOR
SEVERAL YEARS WHERE THEY WERE
HAVING TO BE MORE RESTRICTIVE,
EVEN FOR STUDENTS IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, JUST BASED ON THEIR
CAPACITY RESOURCES AND DEMAND.
THEY HAVE LIFTED A NUMBER, IF
NOT ALL OF THEIR IMPACTED
PROGRAMS. AND SO, WITH THE
EXCEPTION PERHAPS, OF NURSING
AND SOME HIGHLY IN DEMAND
PROGRAMS, BUT SO THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THEIR
LOCAL K 12 DISTRICTS TO SORT OF
REAP RECONSTRUCTED AS MR STORM
DESCRIBES SORT OF REINVEST IN
OUTREACH. PART OF THEIR CHANGE
HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN IN SOME OF
THE DECREASES IN THEIR LOCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ENROLLMENT
THEY WERE FAIRLY BALANCED
INSTITUTION IN TERMS OF HALF
STUDENTS. IN HIS FIRST YEAR AND
HALF TRANSFER. AND AS WITH A
NUMBER OF CAMPUSES, MANY OF OUR
INSTITUTIONS HAVE ALL BUT LOST
SIGNIFICANT ENROLLMENT AT THE
TRANSFER OF THE TRANSFER
PIPELINE, SO I THINK THERE IS
LARGELY A REFLECTION OF THEIR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR LOCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. SO
ESSENTIALLY, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY
WE'RE NOT UP HERE. WE DON'T WANT
TO IN ORDER TO HAVE THE CAPACITY
TO MICROMANAGE AND WORKING. BUT
IT'S KIND OF CURIOSITY TUESDAY.
ABSOLUTELY. SO WE USED TO SAY,
HEY, EASY. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T
HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR
YOUR ENROLLMENT. REMEMBER SEX
DATE AS WE'RE OVER ENROLLED WE
YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT TO PASS
THROUGH AND WE SAID JUST KEEP
GOING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AFTER
UM AND SO THE CAMPUSES WE CAN'T
JUST DO THAT. WE'RE LOSING MONEY
. NOW WE'RE JUST THERE. YOU'RE
ENROLLMENTS GOING DOWN WITH
PUSHING. THAT'S WHAT'S THE
OPPOSITE. SO WHAT DO YOU DO? NOT
THAT WE DO. BUT WHAT DO YOU DO
THAT WE COULD HELP TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE SEE THE INCREASES IN THE
IN THE POSITIVE DIRECTION. SO
MAYBE MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS
AND ALTERNATIVE TO MY COLLEAGUE
AS WELL, I THINK JUST, YOU KNOW,
WE'RE I REFLECTED ON A NUMBER OF
SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
AROUND HIGHER EDUCATION AND PART
OF IT. PART OF IT IS AROUND THE
NARRATIVE QUESTIONING THE VALUE
OF HIGHER EDUCATION TODAY.
THAT'S NOT JUST THE UNIQUE
DYNAMIC IN CALIFORNIA. IT'S A
NATIONWIDE CONVERSATION. WE'RE
PART OF OUR SORT OF PEER SYSTEM
OF INSTITUTIONS AND CALLED NASH
THE NATIONAL SYSTEM ASSOCIATION
OF SYSTEM HEADS AND THEY AS A
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OR TRYING
TO TAKE ON THAT, SO I THINK,
REINFORCING THE IMPORTANCE AND
VALUE OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN
CALIFORNIA TO OUR ECONOMY TO OUR
SOCIETY. ALL WILL BE SUPPORTIVE
OF THAT WORK AND REAFFIRMING
THOSE MESSAGES ABOUT THE LONG
TERM VALUE OF THAT. AND THAT
PERSONAL AND STATE INVESTMENT IN
HIGHER EDUCATION, SO I THINK
HELPING US AMPLIFY. THAT TO
COUNTER SOME OF THOSE OTHER
MESSAGES WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT
AND HIGHLIGHTING THE
OPPORTUNITIES THAT EXIST VERY
BROADLY AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN
CALIFORNIA, BUT LET ME TURN TO
MR STORM AS WELL. I ALSO BELIEVE
THAT YOU NEED TO PROVIDE US SOME
TIME. WHILE ENROLLMENT HAS
DIPPED OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS,
BUT YOU ALSO HAVE TO PROVIDE HIS
TIME TO PIVOT AND THEN REACT AND
BE ABLE FOR THESE PLANS TO KICK
IN AND BE IN PLACE. ONE THING
THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT JUST
SEPARATELY ON THE ON THE TABLE
THERE GREAT WORK DONE BY LISA
AND COMPANY OVER AT THE L. A
OFFICE ON THIS AND TO SHOW THAT
BUT ONE THING THAT THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS THAT THIS
IS JUST A FIVE YEAR SNAPSHOT OF
WHERE THINGS HAVE GONE FROM THE
PAST. IF I WERE, I WOULD. I WAS
JUST GLANCING AT A TABLE HERE
ABOUT WHAT? OUR ENROLLMENT WAS
ON ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES IN 17 18.
AND I HAVE MOST OF MY CAMPUSES
ARE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER ENROLLED
IN 17 18 CORRECT, SO IT'S JUST A
MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT WE
DON'T FOCUS OVERLY FOCUSED ON A
PARTICULAR SET OF DATA WITHOUT
LOOKING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER AT
IT. AND AT THAT POINT IN 17 18.
WE'RE AT A VERY HIGH WATERMARK.
AT THAT POINT, WE WERE OVER
ENROLLED. WE WERE TURNING
STUDENTS AWAY BECAUSE WE WERE ON
FIRE. SO TO SPEAK. THINGS HAVE
CHANGED THE POINT THAT I WOULD
WANT TO MAKE. AND MAYBE WE NEED
TO MEMORIALIZE THIS IN THE
BUDGET AND TREVOR BILL. IS THAT
WE WANT YOU TO AIR ON THE SIDE
OF TAKING MORE PEOPLE IN AND
THEN THROUGHOUT THE NEXT YEAR.
AND YOU'RE AND YOU'RE LIKE, AH
HA! YOU KNOW, YOU SAY THAT, BUT
ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO BACK IT
UP? I WOULD SAY THE DIFFERENCE
HERE IS THAT WE HAVE DEDICATED
FUNDING FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE
BUDGET AS WE ALWAYS PUSH IT, AS
YOU KNOW. SO PERMANENT FINANCING
PRIOR GOVERNOR AS WE HAD, YOU
KNOW, FIGHT EVERY YEAR. NOW WE
HAVE THIS 1% IN THERE AS THE
FLOOR. YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY CAN
GO MORE. AND SO I WOULDN'T WANT
LIKE WE SAW IN L A SAYING. WELL,
I'D LIKE TO DO MORE, BUT I DON'T
WANT TO OVER ENROLL AND NOT GET
PROPERLY PAID AND SO WHAT? WHAT
DO WE NEED TO DO TO MAKE SURE
THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN? WELL, WE DO
HAVE THE RESOURCES, OBVIOUSLY SO
, ESPECIALLY AS AS MY COLLEAGUE
WAS SAYING WITH THE NEW FUNDING
FROM THE COMPACT WE WERE, WE'RE
PROVIDING ENROLLMENT TO THOSE
CAMPUSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE
EXPANDING THEIR ENROLLMENT QUÊ,
SO THAT'S ONE KEY PIECE. I THINK
THE OTHER KEY PIECES IS, UH. THE
POTENTIAL THE POTENTIAL THAT
CAMPUSES MAYBE IN THE FUTURE,
LOSE FUNDING AND THEIR ACTUAL
ENROLLMENT IF THEIR SITUATION
DOES NOT CHANGE THROUGH A
VARIETY OF THINGS. ENCOURAGING
STUDENTS TO TAKE A FOCUS LOAD
BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE MAJOR
ISSUES THAT WE HAVE SEEN SINCE
THE PANDEMIC IS THAT OUR
STUDENTS ARE NOT TAKING FULL
LOADS. SAME SAME STORY YOU HEARD
DURING èC EARLIER TODAY, SO I
THINK OVER TIME WHEN WE GET BACK
INTO THE SWING OF REAL LIFE,
POST COVID WITH THESE RESOURCES
DANGLING OUT THERE, SO TO SPEAK.
ONE NEW ENROLLMENT GROWTH FROM
THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEN ALSO
THE POTENTIAL OF DOLLARS BEING
RE ALLOCATED FROM ONE CAMPUS TO
ANOTHER. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE A SITUATION WHERE CAMPUSES
ARE GOING TO SEE THE MOTIVATION
, NOT JUST INTRINSICALLY BUT
FINANCIALLY AS WELL. OKAY?
THANK YOU. HELLO. YES YOU
LARGELY MIRRORED COMMENTS THIS
MORNING ON èC. THE MAIN ISSUE
WE RAISE IS THAT PROVIDING AN
UNRESTRICTED BASED INCREASE DOES
NOT ALLOW FOR MUCH TRANSPARENCY
OR KIND ABILITY AROUND HOW THE
FUNDS WOULD BE USED. THAT SAID
CSU HAS PROVIDED AN INITIAL PLAN
FOR USING THE FUNDS, WHICH THE
LEGISLATURE COULD CONSIDER AS
PART OF THIS CONVERSATION. SO IF
WE TURN TO PAGE 47 OF YOUR
AGENDA, YOU'LL SEE THAT PLAN
FROM CSU. IN PARTICULAR THE
COLUMN THAT'S LABELED WITHIN
COMPACT ILLUSTRATES THE SPECIFIC
COSTS THAT CSU WOULD USE THEIR
PROPOSED 227 MILLION ON GOING TO
COVER SIMILAR TO U. C. C S. YOU
WOULD BE ABLE TO COVER SOME, BUT
NOT ALL OF ITS IDENTIFIED COST
INCREASES WITHIN THE 5. ONE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SEGMENTS
IS THAT CSU HAS NOT AT THIS TIME
ADOPTED A PLAN FOR FUTURE
TUITION INCREASES. MEANING IT
HAS GREATER RELIANCE ON GENERAL
FUND AUGMENTATIONS TO COVER ITS
COST INCREASES. OUR
RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE
LEGISLATURE DETERMINE WHICH OF
CSU'S COST INCREASES WISHES TO
PRIORITIZE FOR GENERAL FUNDS
SUPPORT IN 2023 24. AND THEN
PROVIDE FUNDING DESIGNATED FOR
THOSE PURPOSES. THANK YOU. ALL
RIGHT. THANK YOU AGAIN, MR CHAIR
FOR ALLOWING ME TO BEGIN WITH A
FEW INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS. THE
UNIVERSITIES BASED OPERATING
BUDGET. SO I WOULD LIKE TO COVER
TWO TOPIC AREAS WITH MY COMMENTS
. FIRST THE CSU PERSPECTIVE ON
SEVERAL PRESSING AND TOP OF MIND
ISSUES. AND SECONDLY, THE SEA
PROVIDE YOU THE CSU'S
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS AGENDA ITEM,
WHICH IS THE BASE OPERATIONS.
EARLIER AT THE HIGHER EDUCATION
OVER YOU. HEARING IN FEBRUARY,
INNER CHANCELLOR KESTER NOTED
THREE ISSUES THAT WERE TOP OF
MIND FOR HER AND LIKELY FOR YOU.
STUDENT HOUSING, STUDENT
ENROLLMENT AND FISCAL
SUSTAINABILITY. SO THIS
COMMITTEE HAS ALREADY HEARD. TWO
OF THOSE ISSUES. A FEW WEEKS
AGO, YOU DISCUSSED STUDENT
HOUSING. AND MOMENTS AGO YOU YOU
COVERED STUDENT ENROLLMENT. THE
THIRD IS FOR THE CSU TO
ESTABLISH GREATER LONG TERM
FISCAL PREDICTABILITY AND
SUSTAINABILITY. THE MULTI YEAR
COMPACT IS ALREADY PROVING TO BE
A HELP TO BE HELPFUL IN THIS
REGARD. BUT THE SEA ISSUES PATH
TO LONG TERM FISCAL STABILITY
MUST ALSO ADDRESS TUITION FEES
AND ALTERNATIVE REVENUE SOURCES.
CONSEQUENTLY INTERIM CHANCELLOR
KESTER ESTABLISHED A SUSTAINABLE
FINANCIAL MODEL WORKGROUP WHO'S
CHARGES TO EXPLORE THE COST OF
OUR OPERATIONS, AS WELL AS
POTENTIAL REVENUE OPTIONS, AND
OUR BOARD OF TRUSTEES JUST HEARD
LAST WEEK, AN UPDATE ON THAT
WORK TO DATE. AH THIS GROUP WILL
SOON ISSUE RECOMMENDATIONS SO
THAT SEE ISSUES NEXT CHANCELLOR
IS EQUIPPED TO ENGAGE ADDITIONAL
STAKEHOLDERS AND TAKE QUICK
ACTION TO ADOPT. AN INNOVATIVE
LONG TERM REVENUE PLAN. NOW THE
CSU'S PERSPECTIVE ON THIS AGENDA
ITEM. THE BASE OPERATIONS. WE
ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR GOVERNOR
NEWSOM'S RECENT BUDGET PROPOSAL
, HE HAS HONORED THE COMMITMENTS
OF THE MULTIYEAR COMPACT
ANNOUNCED LAST YEAR. DESPITE THE
STATE'S CURRENT FISCAL
CHALLENGES. THIS DEMONSTRATES TO
US THE ADMINISTRATION'S FIRM
COMMITMENT TO HIGHER EDUCATION
AND ITS UNWAVERING BELIEF IN THE
SEA ISSUES MISSION AND FOR THAT
WE ARE VERY APPRECIATIVE. THE
COMPACTS. BUDGET AUGMENTATION
WILL ALLOW US TO KIDNEY CONTINUE
TO ADVANCE MANY, BUT NOT ALL THE
PRIORITIES OF THE SEA ISSUES
BUDGET REQUEST AND MISS KING
MENTIONED THAT POINTED THAT OUT
TO YOU ON PAGE 47. WE HAVE
ARTICULATED IN OUR BUDGET
REQUEST WHAT WE CAN DO UNDER THE
COMPACT AND WHAT WE COULD DO
WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCES THERE.
UH BUT, OF COURSE, AND AS
ALWAYS, THE CSU DOES STAND READY
TO DO MORE FOR OUR CURRENT AND
FUTURE STUDENTS FOR EMPLOYEES
AND FOR THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVE
. NOW THERE ARE THREE AREAS OF
THE MOST CRITICAL NEED. FIRST TO
PROVIDE COMPETITIVE SALARIES AND
BENEFITS SO THAT WE CAN RECRUIT
AND RETAIN FACULTY AND STAFF WHO
SUPPORT WHO INSPIRE AND UPLIFT
ARE DIVERSE AND TALENTED
STUDENTS. THE CSU IS COMMITTED
TO MAKING CONTINUED PROGRESS IN
THIS AREA. BUT WE MUST DO SO
PRUDENTLY AND WITHIN THE
RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE BY THIS
YEAR'S FINAL STATE BUDGET. WE
CANNOT COMPROMISE OUR ACADEMIC
MISSION. SECOND TO EXPAND THE
WORK OF THE GRADUATION
INITIATIVE. TO SUPPORT THE SEA
ISSUES BROADER MISSION TO
ADVANCE EDUCATIONAL EQUITY SO
THAT ALL STUDENTS HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO EARN A LIFELONG
LIFE TRANSFERRING BENEFITS OF A
C ISSUE DEGREE. AND THIRD TO
ENSURE SAFE, MODERN AND
SUSTAINABLE FACILITIES WERE
TEACHING LEARNING AND STUDENT
WELL BEING CAN THRIVE. MORE THAN
HALF OF OUR BUILDINGS ARE OVER
40 YEARS OLD AND MY COLLEAGUE BY
SAN JUAN CAN TALK AT GREAT
LENGTH ABOUT THE STATE OF OUR
FACILITIES. IN THE NEXT ISSUE.
IF YOU'D LIKE. AND THEY THOSE
FACILITIES ARE DEFINITELY IN
NEED OF IMPROVEMENT OR
REPLACEMENT. AND WITH THAT CHAIR
MCCARTHY AND COMMITTEE MEMBER
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU
TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO ONE
QUESTION AND I KNOW IT'S NOT
POPULAR. I DON'T SEE. A BUNCH OF
STUDENTS IN HERE ARE GONNA THROW
WATER BALLOONS AT ME TOO. RIGHT
NOW. BUT THE STUDENT FEE ISSUE
IS PERPLEXING. ESPECIALLY AT
CSU. HAVEN'T WHAT'S THE
PERCENTAGE OF CSU STUDENTS THAT,
UM CAL GRANT RECIPIENTS ROUGHLY
. WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF CSU
STUDENTS WHO DON'T PAY TUITION?
TUITION YEAH, ABOUT 60% OF OUR
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS DO NOT
PAY TUITION 60% SO THE MAJORITY
OVERWHELMING MAJORITY UM NOT
QUITE TWO THIRDS MAJORITY. DON'T
PAY TUITION. SO BY NOT. INDEXING
STUDENT FEES, AND I DON'T MEAN
INCREASING IT LIKE DURING THE
WILSON ARROW AND YOU KNOW 30% B
INCREASES, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALL
HAVE YOU KNOW, CELL PHONES OR H
M O POLICIES OR CURRENT? SURE
INSIDE, OR YOU KNOW, IT GOES UP
BY 3 TO 5% PER YEAR. HECK
INFLATION'S 10% RIGHT NOW COST
OF EGGS AND MILK ARE GOING UP
WAY MORE THAN THAT. SO THE DID
NOT. AT ALL INDEX, STUDENT FEES
LIKE THE ECONOMICS JUST DON'T
MAKE SENSE. AND FURTHER IS THAT
WHEN YOU DO INCREASE STUDENT
FEES 60% OF YOUR STUDENTS DON'T
PAY IN THE FIRST PLACE THEIR LAB
ZERO IMPACT SO ONLY PEOPLE
YOU'RE SUBSIDIZING. ARE
ESSENTIALLY. MY KIDS WOULD YOU
KNOW? GO TO CSU REMARKS KIDS ARE
YOU KNOW YOUR YOUR DAUGHTER? UM
IT MAKES NO SENSE. I DON'T KNOW.
LOGICALLY. WE WANT TO HOLD THE
LINE AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP COLLEGE
COSTS DOWN. BUT AND IT'S NOT
BEING IT'S NOT HELPFUL. AND THEN
FURTHER IS THAT WHEN YOU DO
INCREASE TO PEACE AS WE KNOW IS
IT? A THIRD GOES BACK TO THE
POLICY. TYPICALLY THAT'S WHAT
WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. THIRD OF
THE AID GOES BACK TO GIVE MORE
AID TO STUDENTS WHO CAN'T
NECESSARILY AFFORD IT SO NO I
JUST THINK IT'S SHORTSIGHTED.
AND, UH, UM. HMM I JUST THINK
THE CSU IT'S HARD FOR YOU TO
COME HERE AND ASK FOR MORE
GENERAL FUND. THERE IS NO WHERE
YOU WANT TO GET IT FROM AND
THERE'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO,
WHICH IS MODERATE AND
PREDICTABLE. YOU CAN DO WITHOUT
èC DID WHICH IS LIKE A COHORT.
SO YOU LOCK IT IN FOR THOSE
STUDENTS, AND SO YOU DON'T
INCREASE IT. UM THEY'RE NOT JUST
THINK THAT THAT'S THAT'S A
REALITY COMMENTS ARE OKAY, UM UH
, LIKE I SAID, IN MY COMMENTS
HERE THAT THE CHANCELLOR HAS
INSTIGATED ARE INITIATED. SORRY
INSTIGATED INSTANT INITIATED A
SUSTAINED AS SUSTAINABLE
FINANCIAL MODEL WORKGROUP. I
HAVE BEEN STAFFED TO THAT GROUP
FOR THEM ALMOST AN ENTIRE YEAR
BY NOW. UM WE ARE ON THE CUSP OF
WRAPPING UP OUR WORK IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND YOU WILL
PROBABLY SEE SOME
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DOES TRY TO
DO STRIKE MORE OF A BALANCE
BETWEEN THE GENERAL FUND AND
TUITION. ARRANGEMENT FOR OUR
STUDENTS AND FOR THE STATE. SO
STAY TUNED ON THAT WE'RE STILL A
WORK IN PROGRESS. WE'RE STILL
CONTEMPLATING A VARIETY OF
OPTIONS, BUT IT IS ON OUR RADAR.
SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THE UPCOMING
UPCOMING COUPLE YEARS. WE
OBVIOUSLY HAVE ALREADY. UH WE
FOLLOW THE LAW AND WE'VE ALREADY
MADE THE DECISION THAT WE WOULD
NOT BE RAISING OUR TUITION FOR
THE 23 24 YEARS STARTING THIS
FALL, BUT THE FOR THE SUBSEQUENT
YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY THAT DECISION
HAS TO BE MADE AT SOME POINT IN
THE FUTURE. QUESTIONS, MR
VAUGHN. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR
CHAIR AND THANK YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION. UM AND THANK YOU
FOR THE UPDATE ON THE STAFF CSC
EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION HAS BEEN
ONGOING DISCUSSION AND
MENTIONED. SOME CLASSIFICATIONS
ARE BELOW MARKET RATE, INCLUDING
UH, SOME IN HOSPITALITY GUEST
SERVICES AS MUCH AS 20% BELOW.
UM TO THE CSU TO MR NATHAN, CAN
YOU PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON ANY
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE TAKING
PLACE RIGHT NOW? PLEASE SURE. SO
ALL OF OUR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
UNITS ARE OPEN FOR THE 23 24
YEAR. ON TOP OF THAT SOME OF OUR
UNIONS DO NOT OPEN NEGOTIATION
UNTIL LATER AFTER THE MAY
REVISION. WE HAVE HAD INITIAL
DISCUSSIONS WITH A FEW OF OUR
STAFF UNIONS. I WOULD
CHARACTERIZE THOSE AS
INTRODUCTORY. UM I'LL GIVE YOU
AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THEM. THERE
HAS BEEN WITH OUR OUR LARGEST
STAFF UNIT, THE CALIFORNIA STATE
UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES UNION. WE
HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS
WITH THEM AT THE TABLE. A COUPLE
OF OFFERS HAVE BEEN PUT OUT
THERE. ONE FROM THE UNION ITSELF
ONE FROM THE ISSUE ITSELF. BUT
THERE ARE ADDITIONAL NEGOTIATION
TIME SCHEDULE GOING FORWARD, SO
I THINK WHAT WE'LL PROBABLY BE
SEEING IS MORE OF THOSE
CONTRACTS BEING LOCKED UP THE
CLOSER WE GET TO FINAL BUDGET
AGREEMENT SIMPLY BECAUSE UM AS
YOU KNOW, IT'S CHALLENGING WHEN
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF
MONEY YOU WILL BE RECEIVING IN
THE BUDGET AND NEGOTIATING FINAL
AGREEMENTS WITH YOUR TEAMS WITH
YOUR WITH YOUR COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING GROUPS. UM WITH OUR
FACULTY. UM THOSE THOSE
NEGOTIATIONS HAVEN'T STARTED
YET, BUT THEY'RE SLATED TO BEGIN
NO LATER THAN AFTER THE MAY
REVISION, SO WE'RE JUST GETTING
GOING ON MOST OF THOSE
AGREEMENTS, THOSE SUCCEEDING
AGREEMENTS IN RIO OPENERS AROUND
STARTING NOW AND GOING FORWARD.
OKAY? THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND
TODAY, LEO REQUESTS OF 206
MILLION REQUESTED BY THE CSU.
WHETHER THOUGHTS IS THAT
REASONABLE? THE 286 MILLION
THAT'S ON TOP OF THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET. WE DON'T HAVE A
RECOMMENDATION ON THE SPECIFIC
AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT THE
LEGISLATURE SHOULD PROVIDE FOR
CSU, BUT WE WOULD ENCOURAGE TO
CONSIDER BOTH SEE SUS BUDGET
PRIORITIES. THE LEGISLATURE'S
BUDGET PRIORITIES AND ALSO THE
STATE FISCAL CONDITION. ALL
RIGHT. INTO THE CSU. ONE MORE
QUICK QUESTION, MR CHAIR IN
TERMS OF THE GRADUATION
INITIATIVE AND STUDENT BASIC
NEEDS, I SAID THERE WAS A
REQUEST OF $45 MILLION ABOVE THE
COMPACT. HOW WOULD THAT, UM KEEP
PROVIDE SOME RATIONALE FOR THAT.
SURE YEAH, THAT'D BE ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO
DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE
OUR STUDENTS TO TAKE MORE UNITS.
AND YOU SOLVED FROM WHAT MY
COLLEAGUE MR EVANS WAS TALKING
ABOUT THAT ARE ACTUAL
ENROLLMENT. UM BY CONTINUING
STUDENTS. THERE ARE LOAD THEIR
AVERAGE UNIT LOAD IS DOWN. SO
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE
GRADUATION ISSUE HAS PROVIDED US
HISTORICALLY IS TO BE ABLE TO
BUILD A BASE UPON WHICH WERE, WE
CAN OFFER MORE COURSES TO
STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING
ENCOURAGED TO TAKE MORE UNITS.
SO ON AVERAGE, IT'S ABOUT 15
UNITS PER SEMESTER. RIGHT SO
THAT'S ONE MAJOR CONTRIBUTION
PART OF GRAD INITIATIVE FUNDING.
ANOTHER PIECE THAT HAS BEEN VERY
HELPFUL OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS AND WILL BE ADDED TO SOME
MORE BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE
CAMPUSES THAT WOULD LIKE TO DO
MORE IN THIS AREA, WHICH IS TO
ADD MORE ACADEMIC ADVISORS. TO
THE MIX. UM SO THAT'S A REALLY
IMPORTANT THING SO THAT STUDENTS
AS THEY'RE NAVIGATING THEIR
ACADEMIC CAREERS. THEY HAVE GOOD
ADVICE ON WHAT TO DO NEXT IN
TERMS OF GRADUATING AT THE TIME
THAT THEY NEED IN THE DURATION
THAT THEY WANT TO IN TERMS OF
GRADUATING IF THAT'S A FOUR YEAR
TRACK, OR IF THEY NEED TO TAKE A
LITTLE SLOWER OVER SIX YEARS,
WHATEVER THE CASE IS, ADVISORS
ARE REALLY KEY AND IMPORTANT.
THAT AND THE OTHER THING, TOO,
IS THAT OVER THE YEARS. IT'S
BEEN KIND OF IN AND OUT OF OUR
GRADUATION INITIATIVE REQUEST,
BUT THE ELEMENTS OF BASIC NEED
CAMPUSES HAVE CARVED OFF PARTS
OF THEIR GRADUATION SHIP FUNDING
TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL BASIC
NEEDS, NOT JUST FOOD, BUT YOU
ALSO HAVE, UH, EMERGENCY HOUSING
FOR STUDENTS. YOU HAVE ALSO
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES, SO THAT
INVESTMENT THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED
IN THE BUDGET REQUEST WOULD
CONTINUE ON AND IN SIMILAR SORTS
OF PATTERNS IN THAT WAY. I DID
WANT TO GET BACK TO YOU. AND
BASED ON THE QUESTION TO THE L A
FEW. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, I
WOULD LIKE TO KIND OF CLARIFY
SOMETHING ABOUT THE $287 MILLION
THAT WAS MENTIONED THAT WAS
REQUEST THAT WE HAVE PUT IN LAST
YEAR. UM TO FULLY FUND THAT THAT
STAFF SALARY STUDY THIS YEAR.
WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A VERY
DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT WE'RE
TAKING WITH, UM WITH COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING, ESSENTIALLY. ONE IS
WE'RE TRYING TO LIVE WITHIN OUR
MEANS HERE, OBVIOUSLY IN THAT
TABLE ON PAGE 47 HIGHLIGHTS HOW
MUCH MONEY WE COULD DEDICATE
RIGHT NOW TO COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING. UNDER THE ASSUMED
AMOUNT OF THE COMPACT AND THAT
AMOUNT RIGHT NOW IS 92 A HALF
MILLION DOLLARS THAT OBVIOUSLY
IS VERY SHORT OF THE 2 87 FOR
STAFF, BUT IT'S ALSO WELL SHORT
OF WHAT WE WOULD NEED FROM A
FACULTY PERSPECTIVE. SO WHAT
WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE JUST
GOING TO WORK WITH OUR UNIONS IN
THE COMING MONTHS LIKE I
DESCRIBED WORK ON COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING AGREEMENTS WERE
TRYING TO DO AS BEST AS WE CAN.
WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE
HAVE, AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S A
LOT OF DISCUSSION OUT THERE
ABOUT AH, HOW AGGRESSIVE ARE
UNIONS WOULD LIKE TO BE THIS
YEAR WITH US AND HAVE SHOWN SOME
DEMONSTRATED IN THAT WAY. UM BUT
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO DO OUR BEST
TO DO RIGHT BY OUR EMPLOYEES
WITH THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE,
WHETHER IT'S MORE AFTER THE
BUDGET OR WITH THE AMOUNT THAT'S
PROVIDING THE COMPACT IS, THAT
IS THE AMOUNT OF THEIR
REQUESTING YOU SAID THERE'S 92
MILLION. I SEE YOU'RE IN THE
AGENDA. FOR THE FACULTY
COMPETITION. PAUL THAT'S
NEGOTIATING CONTRACTS WITH THE C
F A. AND YOU'RE NONE. FACULTY 7
92.5 IS FOR ALL EMPLOYEES, SO
THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SPREAD TO
ALL EMPLOYEES. IT'S EQUIVALENT
TO ABOUT A 1.77% POOL. EVERY
EMPLOYEE GOT AN INCREASE WOULD
BE ABOUT THAT, AND BOTH THOSE
THOSE CONTRACTS ARE UP RIGHT
NOW. YES, THEY ARE. FOR THE 23
24 YEARS AND JUST THE SALARY
PORTION OF IT. IT'S A YEAR
ASKING US FOR ANOTHER 286
MILLION. SO YOUR CSU WANTS THAT
TOO. I THINK ABOVE THAT WE HAVE
ABOUT $168 MILLION AND THAT
WOULD BE ON THE ABOVE COMPACT
AMOUNTS OF COMPENSATION. BUT THE
GRADUATE GRADUATE, IT IS BASIC
NEEDS ACADEMIC FACILITIES.
INFRASTRUCTURE IS 50 INFLATION
TOTAL TO 86. YES THAT WOULD BE
ABOVE THAT'S CORRECT, AND YOU
CAN SEE THAT A NUMBER OF THE
CATEGORIES THAT WE HAVE IN THERE
FOR FUNDING OR ARE THINGS THAT
ARE VERY FOUNDATIONAL AND IN
NEED ACQUIRED OPERATION COSTS,
RIGHT? WORTHWHILE. JUST WONDERED
TO ASK IF CSU CAN YOU POINT US
IN THE DIRECTION OF WHERE WE
SHOULD TAKE THAT TO 86. FROM
WHAT? WHAT DEPARTMENT? HE WANTS
TO. WE COULD CUT THE èC BY 2 86
MILLION IS THAT PUZZLE. OR WELL
IF WE ARE AT A POINT OF
ADJUSTING I HAVE A VERY BUSY
WORKLOAD OF MY OWN AND AH, I'LL
ASK YOU TO MAKE THOSE TOUGH
DECISIONS AT THE STATEWIDE LEVEL
. THAT'S WHY YOU'RE ELECTED ME.
GOOD ANSWER, MR STONE. YEAH JUST
THAT. THERE'S NO FREE LUNCH HERE
AND JUST SAY THE SAME THING TO
EVERYBODY. UM BUT I WILL NOTE
THAT 5% IS 5% AND ARE HEARING
LAST WEEK WE HEARD FROM
CHILDCARE PROVIDERS. ARE THERE.
CALLER. THEY'RE COMPACT WAS 0.
SO THE COST OF THEIR EMPLOYEES
THE SAME INFLATION COSTS. ENERGY
COSTS, HOUSING COSTS. EVERYTHING
ELSE IS THE SAME FOR THEM AS IT
IS, I'M NOT DIMINISHING. HARD
WORKING PEOPLE THAT ARE CSU WHO
DON'T HAVE A PROPER STEP SYSTEM
THAT COMPENSATES THE WORK THEY
DO VERSUS COMPARABLE JOBS. BUT
JUST, YOU KNOW. WE LIVE IN A
REAL WORLD WITH ECONOMICS ONE.
OH, ONE NEEDS TO ADD UP. OKAY
THANK YOU. ISSUE NUMBER EIGHT
CAPITAL OUTLET FUNDING SHIFT.
JENNIFER LOUIS WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET PROPOSES TO
SHIFT 404 POINT 8,000,001 TIME
GENERAL FUN APPROPRIATED FOR THE
UPFRONT SUPPORT OF VARIOUS
CAPITAL PROJECTS TO CSU CAMPUSES
FROM THE 2022 BUDGET ACT TO
BEING SUPPORTED BY CSU ISSUE
BONDS. ACCOMPANYING THIS
ADJUSTMENT IS 27 MILLION ONGOING
JOURNAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE
ASSOCIATED DEBT SERVICE FOR
THOSE BONDS SPECIFIC. CAMPUS
PROJECT SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE
COMMITMENTS PROVIDED IN THE 2022
BUDGET ACT WHILE ADDRESSING THE
OVERALL FISCAL DEFICIT AFFECTING
THE GENERAL FUND. WITH THAT, I'M
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
PROVIDED THROUGH THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR THE
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY.
THANK YOU. THE SIX PROJECTS THAT
ARE AFFECTED BY THE GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET PROPOSAL ARE LISTED IN
YOUR AGENDA ON PAGE 50. THESE
PROJECTS ARE GENERALLY IN EARLY
STAGES OF GOVERNOR'S BUDGET,
ONLY ONE OF THEM HAD ENTERED
PRELIMINARY PLANS. GENERALLY
SPEAKING, WE THINK THAT SHIFTING
PROJECTS FROM CASH TO DEBT
FINANCING CAN BE A REASONABLE
BUDGET SOLUTION. FACILITIES
TYPICALLY ARE USED OVER THE
COURSE OF MANY YEARS IN DEBT
FINANCING ALLOWS THE STATE TO
SPREAD THEIR COST OVER THEIR
USEFUL LIFE. IN ADDITION, IT
ALLOWS THE STATE TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH ITS HIGHEST PRIORITY
PROJECTS, EVEN WHEN THERE ISN'T
NECESSARILY AS MUCH UPFRONT CASH
AVAILABLE. HAVING SAID THAT DEBT
FINANCING DOES SIGNIFICANTLY
INCREASE THE COST OF ANY GIVEN
PROJECT. AND WHILE THE TOTAL
COSTS WILL DEPEND ON INTEREST
RATES, WE ESTIMATE THAT THESE
PROJECTS COULD COST ROUGHLY
TWICE WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY
BUDGETED. SO GIVEN THE
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER COST, WE
RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE
REVISIT EACH PROJECT AND
CONSIDER WHETHER IT IS WARRANTED
UNDER THE NEW CIRCUMSTANCES.
WHILE WE DON'T HAVE
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIFIC
PROJECTS, WE DO HAVE SOME
CRITERIA, WHICH ARE LISTED IN
YOUR AGENDA AT THE TOP OF PAGE
52 THAT YOU COULD USE TO
CONSIDER THESE PROJECTS. FOR
EXAMPLE, YOU COULD CONSIDER
WHETHER ANY GIVEN PROJECT MEETS
THE MOST PRESSING CAPITAL NEEDS
AT CSU, INCLUDING PROJECTS TO
ADDRESS LIFE SAFETY NEEDS. YOU
ALSO COULD CONSIDER WHETHER THE
PROJECTS WOULD ADD NEW SPACE
HAVE BEEN JUSTIFIED BASED ON
CRITERIA SUCH AS ENROLLMENT
DEMAND. THANK YOU. OKAY. CSU.
THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN CARDI AND
GOOD AFTERNOON TO THE MEMBERS
HERE. MY NAME IS AL VIRUS. SAN
JUAN, ASSISTANT VICE CHANCELLOR
FOR CAPITAL PLANNING DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CALIFORNIA
STATE UNIVERSITY. AS THE
LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S OFFICE
MENTIONED THE PROJECTS ARE IN
THEIR EARLY PLANNING STAGE, WITH
SOME CAMPUSES WORKING ON THE
SELECTION OF DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION TEAMS, OTHERS
CONTRACTING FOR SOME OF THE
RELATED SOILS AND SURVEY
INFORMATION FOR PROPOSED
IMPROVEMENTS OR RENEWAL'S OR
REASSESSING THE PROJECT, SCOPE
AND BUDGET BASED ON THE HIGHER
THAN PLANNED CONSTRUCTION COST
ESCALATION. THE PROJECTS WILL
IMPROVE THE INSTRUCTIONAL SPACE
AND PROMOTE WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE, ENERGY
AND ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER
SCIENCE PROJECTS WILL PROVIDE
INCREASED ACCESS TO HIGHER
EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY IN THE
STEM FIELDS AND THE BAKERSFIELD
FULLERTON IN IMPERIAL VALLEY
COMMUNITIES. PALM DESERT PROJECT
PROVIDES SPACE FOR STUDENTS
SERVICES FOR THE COACHELLA
VALLEY COMMUNITY. AND THE
AGRICULTURE PROJECTS SERVING
CHICO, FRESNO, PROMOTING
STAINLESS OBISPO HAVE THE
GREATEST MIX IN THE USE OF FUNDS
TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS
EMISSIONS AND INCLUDE
REPLACEMENT OF AGING EQUIPMENT
AND ADDRESSING FACILITY OR FARM
DEFICIENCIES TO BETTER INSTRUCT
STUDENTS ON AGRICULTURAL
ADAPTATIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE.
THE INSTRUCTIONAL PROJECTS WILL
PROMOTE HANDS ON LEARNING
OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORTING A HIGH
IMPACT PRACTICE TO RETAIN
STUDENTS AND DELIVER A WORKFORCE
READY GRADUATE. AS FAR AS
PROCESS INITIAL DISCUSSIONS WITH
THE CAMPUSES ON THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE FENCE
SOURCE FROM ONE TIME FUNDS TO
SYSTEM WIDE REVENUE BONDS HAVE
STARTED WITH THE GOAL OF MAKING
THE CHANGES SEAMLESS AS
POSSIBLE. THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE IS ASSESSING THE
SCHEDULES AND THE USE OF FUNDS
DETERMINE THE NEED TO DETERMINE
THE NEED FOR TAXABLE VERSUS TAX
EXEMPT BONDS. WE HAVE REQUESTED
UPDATES TO PROJECTED CASH FLOWS
FOR THE USE OF OUR FINANCING AND
TREASURY DEPARTMENT. AND WORKING
ON SITE CERTIFICATIONS IN
SUPPORT OF A FUTURE BOND SALE.
THE TARGET DATE TO ASK THE CSU
BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO CONSIDER
THE APPROVAL OF THE BOND
FINANCING IS JULY 2023. ONCE THE
LEGISLATURE HAS FINALIZED THE
2023 24 BUDGET THIS ONE AND
ENABLE THE BOND SALE TO OCCUR
POTENTIALLY IN AUGUST OR
SEPTEMBER OF 2023, DEPENDING ON
THE MARKET CONDITIONS. THE CSU
CONCURS WITH THE L. A S ESTIMATE
OF THE INCREASE IN COST FROM 404
MILLION TO OVER 800 MILLION AND
UNDERSTANDS THE 27 MILLION IS AN
ONGOING BASE BUDGET INCREASE. A
30 YEAR. AMORTIZATION IS ASSUMED
, HOWEVER, DEPENDING ON MARKET
CONDITIONS AT THE TIME OF THE
DEBT, ISSUANCE AND DEBT,
STRUCTURING CONSTRAINTS OF NO
MORE THAN 27 MILLION OF DEBT
SERVICE IN ANY GIVEN YEAR. THE
TERM OF THE DEBT ISSUANCE COULD
BE LONGER THAN 30 YEARS. FOR
EXAMPLE, 40 YEARS AS TO THE
FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE PROPOSED
SWAP OF ONE TIME FUNDS FOR DEBT
FINANCING. WE CALCULATE THE CSU
WILL NOT EXCEED THE LIMITS ON
THE USE OF STATE GENERAL FUNDS
THAT CAN BE USED FOR DEBT
SERVICE AND PAY AS YOU GO
CAPITAL AT LIKE PROJECTS FOR THE
EDUCATION CODE. THE LIMIT IS 12%
IN THE PROPOSED SWAPPING FUNDS
WOULD RESULT IN THE CSU
INCREASING FROM APPROXIMATELY 4%
TO 4.6% THANK YOU FOR THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON THE
PROPOSED FUNDING SHIFT. OKAY? SO
THESE ESSENTIALLY. WE HAD
POTENTIAL CASH TO PAY FOR THESE
DURING THE SURVEY THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS AND NOW WE DON'T
SO THESE ARE IMPORTANT PROJECTS.
PUT IT BACK ON THE CREDIT CARD
ESSENTIALLY BUT LOWER INTEREST
RATE THAN A CREDIT CARD. AND CSU
SUPPORTER OF THIS AND YOU'LL
JUST PAY THE DEBT SERVICE
ACCORDINGLY. RIGHT WITH THE
INCREASE TO THE CSU BUDGET. THE
27 MILLION PROPOSED BY THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET WILL COME OUT
OF THAT 5% COMPACT ENOUGH. NO IT
WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE TOP OF
THAT. GOT YOU? YEAH AND THEN
WHAT DO YOU WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
YOU CURRENTLY IN IN YOUR WHAT'S
YOUR MIND ON A MERRY YEAR FOR
YOUR CAPITAL DEBT DEBT.
PAYMENTS. FOR A DECADE WAS DO
YOU KNOW THAT OPINIONS?
ACTUALLY, I MAY HAVE IT OFF
HAND. THIS IS 29 MILLION ON TOP
OF THINK WE'RE AT 3 43 140
MILLION OR 100. EXCUSE ME. I
HAVE GEO BOND PAYMENTS OF 185
MILLION. AND STATE PUBLIC WORK
WORKS BOARD PAYMENTS OF ABOUT
7.6. PLUS THE DEATH OF THE CSU
IS ISSUED. TO BRING IT TO ABOUT
218 MILLION, INCLUDING THE 27
MILLION LITTLE OVER TWO MILLION.
AND IS THIS THIS IS RELATIVELY
THIS IS THE LAST 10 YEARS IS
WHEN WE AUTHORIZE THIS FUNDING
CAPACITY WHEN YOU START HAVING
YOU PAY FOR IT YOURSELF. THAT'S
RIGHT. SINCE 2014 ESSENTIALLY
OUT OF YOUR YOU KNOW? HERE BASED
BUDGET 200 PLUS MILLION OUT OF
YOUR WHAT'S YOUR PICK? TOTAL
BUDGET GENERAL THREE BILLION
FIVE OF GENERAL FUND PLUS. 23 24
GOVERNORS BUDGET. WE'RE AT 4.94
POINT. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT
INCLUDES STUDENT FEE REVENUE AND
GENERAL, JUST GENERAL JUST PURE
GENERAL FRIEND. TOTALITY OF IT
IS NOT A GREAT AMOUNT, BUT THIS
IS THE REALITY SINCE WE STOP
PAYING FOR THOSE PROJECTS
DIRECTLY. WHAT HAPPENED BACK IN
20, STARTING IN 2014 WAS THE
ACTUAL MOVEMENT. EXCUSE ME.
ACTUAL MOVEMENT OF MONEY FROM
THE FROM THE STATE FROM THE
TREASURER'S OVER TO THE CSU, SO
THE MONEY WAS SHIFTED TO PAY THE
GEO BONDS AS WELL AS HIS SYSTEM.
I'M SORRY AT LEAST REVENUE BONDS
THAT DID SERVICE THE STATE WAS
COVERING WAS MOVED OVER TO THE
TO THE SEA ISSUE, AND WE ASSUME
THAT DEBT PAYING THE DEBT
SERVICE ON THAT FOR THE LAST 10
YEARS, AND SO IT WASN'T
SOMETHING THAT WE CARVED OUT OF
OUR BASE. IN ORDER FOR THAT TO
HAPPEN. IT WAS MONEY THAT WAS
SHIFTED OVER AND THEN NOW THAT'S
PART OF OUR BASE. SO I HOPE
THAT'S HELPFUL. YEAH, OKAY.
OKAY? AND THIS IS GOING TO FUND
US. THE ELUSIVE SEX STATES
SCIENCE BUILDING. THEY'VE BEEN
SHOWING ME EVERY TIME I GO ON
CAMPUS. THAT'S PART OF THE
PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN FUNDED
THE ANSWER. YES YEAH, HOPEFULLY
, YES. SO I'LL BE IN BIG
TROUBLE. NEXT TIME I VISIT SEX
STATE, AND THEY ASKED ABOUT
FUNDING FOR THE SCIENCE PROJECT.
OKAY THANK YOU. WE WILL HOLD
THIS ISSUE OPEN. ISSUE NUMBER
NINE. CAL POLY HUMBLED UPDATE
AND WE HAVE WE HAVE A VISITOR
WHO WAS FROM THE UNIVERSITY IS
GONNA JOIN US REMOTELY, WEBEX.
AFTERNOON ARE YOU READY FOR US
OR AN INTRODUCTORY? YES. READY
FOR US. OKAY, SUPER GOOD
AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JEN CAPS.
I AM THE PROVOST AND VICE
PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AT
CAL POLY HUMBLE. I'M JOINED BY
MY COLLEAGUES. MIKE FISHER,
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT OF
FACILITIES MANAGEMENT, AND SRI
GORDON, VICE PRESIDENT OF
ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE AND
OUR CFO, UM, THE TRANSFORMATION
TO CAL POLY HUMBLE. THE CSU'S
THIRD POLYTECHNIC CAMPUS WAS A
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY. TO
REINVENT OURSELVES AMID DECLINES
AND ENROLLMENT AND REALIGN WITH
OUR STRENGTH. THE STRATEGY
ADDRESSES CALIFORNIA'S WORKFORCE
SHORTAGES AND SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, HEALTH
AND AGRICULTURE EXPANDS ACCESS
TO EDUCATION TO HIGH DEMAND
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS WHILE
ADDRESSING EQUITY GAPS AND IS
REVITALIZING THE NORTH COAST
ECONOMY. WE ENGAGED IN AN
INCLUSIVE MULTI YEAR SELF STUDY
AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS THAT
ENGAGED THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY,
EXTERNAL PARTNERS AND CSU
LEADERSHIP. UM AS PROMISED, WE
ARE LAUNCHING 10 NEW BACHELOR'S
PROGRAMS. ONE NEW MASTER'S
PROGRAM ENFORCEMENT PICKETS AND
FALL OF 2023 EXAMPLES OF THE NEW
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS INCLUDED
APPLIED FIRE SCIENCE MANAGEMENT
, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ENGINEERING
AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING,
LAUNCHING ONE OR TWO ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS IN A NEW YEAR IS AN
ACCOMPLISHMENT. LAUNCHING 15 IS
EXCEPTIONAL. THIS IS JUST OUR
FIRST YEAR, WE EXPECT TO ADD THE
SAME NUMBER OF NEW ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS OVER THE NEXT SIX
YEARS. AS STATED IN OUR
PERSPECTIVES ARE APPLICATIONS
FOR ATTENDANCE ARE AT RECORD
LEVELS FOR THE FALL OF 2023.
CALIPARI HUMBOLDT'S ALL YEAR
OVER YEAR ENROLLMENT GROWTH AND
FALL 2022 FOR THE FIRST TIME
SINCE FALL OF 2015 1 OF ONLY
THREE OF OUR CSU CAMPUSES TO SEE
ENROLLMENT GROWTH HERE AT CAL
POLY HUMBOLDT. FALL. 2023
APPLICATIONS ARE VERY PROMISING
. AS OF MARCH 20TH OUR
APPLICATIONS NEAR 20,000, WHICH
IS AN INCREASE OF 75% FROM THE
PRIOR YEAR. OUR FIRST TIME
UNDERGRADUATE APPLICATIONS HAVE
INCREASED BY 91% AND WE HAVE A
27% PROJECTED INCREASE IN
ENROLLMENT FOR THE FALL OF 2023
. THESE ARE HISTORIC SHIFTS THAT
ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE
TRANSFORMATION AND FUNDING OF
NEW PROGRAMS. WE'VE HIRED A
DIVERSE GROUP OF FACULTY OVER
55% FACULTY OF COLOR. WE'VE
HIRED STUDENT SUCCESS STAFF OR
NEW PROGRAMS PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN
IMPLEMENTED EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN
PURCHASED. AND APPLICANTS TO CAL
POLY HUMBLED HAVE BEEN ACCEPTED.
SO THE 25 MILLION AND ONGOING
FUNDING WE WILL FULLY EXPAND THE
25 MILLION THROUGH A COMBINATION
OF ONGOING AND ONE TIME
INVESTMENTS THIS YEAR, A
CRITICAL COMPONENT OF OUR
SUCCESS AS A CAMPUS IS THE
PROGRESS OF OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS
. WHICH MY COLLEAGUE MIKE FISHER
WILL UPDATE YOU ON. THANK YOU.
DODD CAPS AND HELLO, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TODAY. MY
NAME IS MIKE FISHER, ASSOCIATE
VICE PRESIDENT FOR FACILITIES
MANAGEMENT. UM AND I'M LIKE TO
TALK TO YOU TODAY, JUST ABOUT
OUR PRODUCTS WE HAVE IN. Q UM,
AND REMIND THAT THIS IS A
FUNDING ITEM THAT WAS PASSED
ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, AND WE'VE
HIT THE GROUND RUNNING SINCE
THAT TIME, AND THESE PROJECTS GO
TO SUPPORT OUR ACADEMIC AND
CAMPUS POPULATION GROWTH THAT
WILL THAT WE'VE DEMONSTRATED TO
DATE AND HAVE CAPTURED IN ALL OF
OUR TRANSITION PLANS. UM THESE
ARE CRITICAL TO DELIVERING OUR
NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. JUST AS
THE FACULTY TO TEACH IS SO IS
THE SPACE. AND UM, OTHER THAN
THE ACADEMIC PROJECTS ARE ARE
THE PART OF THE PROJECT
PORTFOLIO IS BASIC NEEDS AND
HOUSING. AND UM, THE HOUSING
SITUATION HERE ON THE NORTH
COAST IS SOMEWHAT, UM, DIRE WHEN
IT COMES TO OUR STUDENT
POPULATION. PART OF THE REASON
WHY YOU HEARD EARLIER ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENING UP HERE IN
NORTH COAST, MAKING IT
PROHIBITIVE FOR STUDENTS TO COME
TO THE NORTH. UM, AS THEY ONCE
WERE. FOR EXAMPLE, UM UH, OUR
REGIONAL VACANCY IN HOUSING
MARKET IS 1.5% WERE HEALTHY
RENTAL MARKET SHOULD BE ABOUT 5
TO 7% THIS LEADS THE HIGH COST
COMPETITIVE APPLICATIONS AND THE
PROJECTS THAT WE ARE DELIVERING
RIGHT NOW AIM TO CONTROL THAT
VARIABLE FOR A STUDENT
POPULATION. THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
UM WE ARE WELL PAST THE PLANNING
PHASES FOR THESE PROJECTS WERE
IN VARIOUS STAGES OF CONTRACT
CONSTRUCTION ACROSS ALL PROJECTS
INSIDE OF THE 4 33. AND, UM THE
BALANCE OF THE FUNDING WILL
BECOME INCUMBENT OVER THE NEXT
YEAR OR SO, UM, AS OF TODAY, WE
ARE 28% ENCUMBERED OR SPENT OF
THE 433,000,001 TIME. BY JUNE OF
24. ANTICIPATE TO HAVE ALMOST
98% OF THAT ENCUMBERED OR SPENT
THE 4 33. AND THAT JUST GOES TO
KIND OF HIGHLIGHT WHERE WE ARE
IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS. WE
ARE WELL INTO THE ROAD. SOME OF
THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE OUR
STUDENT HOUSING PROJECT THAT
CRAFTSMAN WHICH IS CURRENTLY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS
PROVIDING 964 BEDS FOR OUR
STUDENT POPULATION, UM, AND IS
INTENDED TO BE DELIVERED IN
AUGUST OF 25. FOR FIRST CLASS IN
THOSE DORMS. THE NEXT IS OUR
HOUSING DINING HEALTH PROJECT
WAS AN INTEGRATED DINING
FACILITY AND HEALTH AND HEALTH
FACILITY. WE ARE GOING TO BE IN
CONTRACT AROUND MAY FOR THAT
FACILITY AND CURRENTLY AND
DESIGN AND THE ACADEMIC SIDE. WE
HAVE OUR ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY
BUILDING, WHICH IS CURRENTLY
DESIGNED UNDER UNDER OUR
COLLABORATIVE AND BUILD
CONTRACT. UM AND THAT HAS A
DELIVERY DATE OF AUGUST OF 25 AS
WELL. ADDITIONALLY THIS SUMMER
WILL BE IN DELIVERY PHASE OF OUR
SCIENCE COMPLEX RENOVATIONS AND
THESE ARE STRATEGICALLY ALIGNED
ACCOUNT FOR PROGRAM GROWTH
ACROSS ALL OF OUR STEM
OFFERINGS. THESE RENOVATIONS AND
THE DELIVERY OF OTHER PHASES
ALLOWED THE UNIVERSITY TO
DELIVER A NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
THAT ARE OUTLINED IN OUR CAL
POLY TRANSITION AND THAT ARE
BEING ENROLLED IN FROM STUDENTS
RIGHT NOW. UM SO WITH THAT I
WILL CONCLUDE BY SAYING THANK
YOU TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FOR THIS. ENORMOUS UM,
COMMITMENT OF FUNDS AND
TRANSFORMATION FOR THE REGION.
OF HUMBLE AND I WILL HAND IT
OVER TO SHERRY. VERY GOOD AFTER
THAT. SRI GORDON, VICE PRESIDENT
FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE
AND JANUARY 2021 PRESIDENT
JACKSON SPOKE BEFORE THE CSU
BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND CAN PAY
THE GRAVITY OF THE
RESPONSIBILITY INSURED. OUR
COMMITMENT TO BE DELIBERATE,
RESPONSIBLE AND FORTHRIGHT,
EXCEPT THE INVESTMENT FOR
UNIVERSITY, THE REGION IN THE
STATE. THIS INVESTMENT AT
PROVO'S CAPS AND MIGHT DISCUSSED
UM, IT'S NOT JUST SUPPORTING ONE
PROJECT IS SUPPORTING OUR
TRANSFORMATION AND NOT ONLY
IMPACTS OUR CAMPUS COMMUNITY,
BUT I READ IN THE STATE AND
WE'RE NOT DOING THIS IN THE
STYLE. OH, THIS IS IN
COLLABORATION WITH OUR
COMMUNITY, TRIBAL AND PRIVATE
INDUSTRY PARTNERS TO THIS
FUNDING WAS IMPACTED AND WILL
HAVE TREMENDOUS IMPACT FOR US IN
MANY WAYS, I'M GOING TO
HIGHLIGHT QUICKLY HERE WANTED
WOULD HAVE A GRAVE IMPACT ON THE
UPWARDS DETECTED ABOUT
RECRUITMENT NOT ONLY FOR 2023,
BUT THE FOLLOWING ACADEMIC YEAR
. CURRENTLY WE'RE EXPECTED TO
MEET AND EXCEED RFP. THAT'S
ENROLLMENT TARGET AND THE 24 25
ACADEMIC YEAR. THIS IS IMPORTANT
TO NOTE. BECAUSE IT IS IT IS A
YEAR AHEAD OF WHAT WE PLANNED
AND I PROBABLY TECHNICAL
PERSPECTIVE PLANNING WHEN WE
EMBARKED ON THIS PROCESS.
FAMILIES JUST STUDENTS HAVE HAVE
MADE DECISIONS TO ATTEND, HUMBLE
BECAUSE OF THIS PROGRESS,
PROGRESS IS HALTED OR SLOW. WE
HAVE GREAT CONCERNS THAT
STUDENTS WILL MAKE DECISIONS TO
ATTEND OTHER UNIVERSITIES.
WITHIN THE SEA ISSUE OTHERWISE
THE PROMISES HAVE BEEN MADE, AND
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US AND WE
MUST FOLLOW THROUGH. FACULTY AND
STAFF HAVE BEEN HIRED SUMMER
YEAR AHEAD OF ROLLED OUT FOR A
NEW PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING
BUILT. OUT TO DATE TO SUPPORT
PROGRAMMING AND ITS MIGHT
DISCUSS BUILDING CONTRACTS AND
PLANS ARE UNDERWAY AND WE'RE NOT
IN CONCEPTUAL PHASE FOR AN
IMPLEMENTATION PHASE. AGAIN IT
WILL HAVE A DIRECT IMPACT ON OUR
ABILITY TO DELIVER ON THE
SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH OF OUR NEW
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS. WELCOMING AND
RECOMMEND NUMBER OF FIRST YEAR
FIRST TIME STUDENTS AND, MORE
SPECIFICALLY, THE RENOVATION AND
ENHANCEMENTS OF EQUIPMENT,
LABORATORIES AND TECHNOLOGY IS A
CRITICAL COMPONENT TO DELIVERING
A MULTITUDE OF NEW ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS HERE. UM ONE THING WE
PRIDE OURSELVES ON IS OUR
PARTNERSHIP. THIS OPPORTUNITY
HAS GALVANIZED EXCITEMENT. IT'S
HARD TO DESCRIBE WITH NEW
EMPLOYERS COMING TO OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITY. EXPANDED CAMPUS
PARTNERSHIPS. UM EVEN WITHIN THE
LAST THREE WEEKS THAT SUPPORT
CRITICAL PRIORITIES FOR THE
STATE SENATE AROUND RENEWABLE
ENERGY AND BROADBAND ACCESS
AGAIN IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR
TRAVEL PARTNERS AND PRIVATE
INDUSTRIES. AND I WILL SAY LAST,
BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST IT
REALLY WILL DIMINISH THE
CONFIDENCE WE'VE BUILT INTO OUR
PERSPECTIVE. STUDENTS PARENTS
AND COMMUNITY ON EXPANDING
AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING TO
MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWTH,
BUT THE DIMINISHED HOUSING
AVAILABILITY AND I WOULD JUST
SAY CONDITIONS NOT SUITABLE TO
OUR STUDENTS IN THIS LOCAL
COMMUNITY, THIS CONCLUDES. OUR
REMARKS ARE COMMENTS. THANK YOU
FOR THE TIME IN THE PLATFORM
TODAY. OKAY AWESOME QUESTIONS ON
THIS. SO SO FIRST WE WANT THIS
TO SUCCEED. YOU KNOW, THE
COLLEAGUE CAMPUSES ARE UM VERY
SIGNIFICANT FOR THE CSU GOING
BACK DECADES, POLLY AND POMONA.
IT'S A RISING CAMPUS THERE. CAL
POLY POMONA IS HISTORICALLY BEEN
A SOUGHT AFTER PLACE TO GO
SOMEWHERE TO YOU SEE? UM. THAT
BEING SAID WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE SPENDING MONEY WISELY. YOU
KNOW A LOT OF OTHER PLACES THAT
WE COULD SPEND $400 MILLION,
INCLUDING CAPITAL OUTLAY
PROJECTS IN SCIENCE BUILDINGS
THAT ARE ALL THE NEED TO BE
REHABBED. UM AND THAT WE, YOU
KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS
THE NORTH STATE ISSUE LIKE THIS
CHECKS CHECKS MANY BOXES, SO. WE
WANT THIS TO BE SUCCESSFUL. JUST
JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT
UNDERSTANDING OF UH HUH.
PROMISING SO FAR, BUT LIKE WHAT?
THIS WHAT? THIS REALLY MEANS AND
PRACTICALITY. SO I'M LOOKING AT
YOU, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THE
ANSWERS. I SHOULD BE LOOKING AT
THEM. YES YES. SO MY
UNDERSTANDING BASED UPON YOUR
HAND OUT HERE ON PAGE FOR IS
THAT YOUR YOUR YOUR APPLICANTS.
AND YOUR ADMITS WERE ROUGHLY YOU
KNOW THE SAME. IN 1920, 21 22,
OF COURSE, 20 AND 21 22 WITH THE
PANDEMIC BIG DROP BUT IT'S GONE
UP. IT WENT UP IN 21 22. SO IF
YOU LOOK AT LIKE THE HIGH WATER
MARK FOR YOUR ADMITS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, IT WAS ALMOST 12,000.
ALL THE BOTTOM TABLE ON PAGE
FOUR. THEN IN THE FAR WENT TO
8800 PANDEMIC, OF COURSE, 9200
AND NINETY FIVE HUNDRED TWO IN
THE FALL OF 2020, THEN FOR THE
FALL. 2023. WHICH IS OF COURSE
WE'RE NOW THE SPRING OF 2020.
THESE ARE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
ADMITTED FOR POTENTIALLY
ENROLLING IN THE FALL. 2023
HUMBLE IS, UM 16 ALMOST 17,000.
WHICH IS A I GUESS IT'S 76%
INCREASE. OVER LAST YEAR. BUT
YOU KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT IT,
REALLY, SHE SHOULD LOOK AT
PROBABLY 2019 BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC, SO IT'S STILL NO
SIGNIFICANT INCREASE NORTH OF
50. HOW MANY OF THESE STUDENTS
DO WE DO WE THINK WELL, ACTUALLY
ENROLL. I'M HAPPY TO GENUINE.
I'M HAPPY TO TAKE IT FIRST. UM
WE DO, UH, MULTIPHASE PLANNING
KIND OF A LITTLE BASELINE HIGH.
AND FROM A HEADCOUNT
PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING
FOR FALL OF 23 IS OUR BASELINE
NUMBER IS 7449. UM THAT'S WHAT
WE'RE EXPECTING, UM AND THAT'S
WHAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR. AND I'M
HAPPY TO ADD TO THAT. THAT'S A
PLUS OF 1600 STUDENTS, AND
THAT'S OUR BASELINE PROJECTION.
THAT'S EXCEEDING, UM, THAT
PROJECTIONS OR THE PLANS THAT WE
HAD, UM IN IMPLEMENTING THESE
NEW ACADEMIC PROGRAMS, AS
REFLECTED IN OUR PERSPECTIVES,
AND I'LL REITERATE THAT'S A 27%
INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT. AND
THAT'S MODERATE PROJECTION. I
APOLOGIZE. I WAS ASKING THESE
QUESTIONS, AND I DIDN'T REALIZE
THAT THEY WERE ON THE NEXT PAGE
. SOME TASTE FIVE. SO LIKE IT
HAS OKAY FORMULA THERE. SO WHAT
LEADS US TO BELIEVE WE'RE GOING
TO HAVE THIS. HUGE INCREASE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN STUDENTS ARE
READING HEADLINES IN THE
CHRONICLE THAT SAYS THERE'S NO
PLACE TO LIVE HERE. YOU MAY HAVE
TO LIVE IN A BARGE IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE OCEAN ON A BUNCH OF
CHOPPY WAVES. SO I ISN'T THAT
ISN'T THAT PROBLEMATIC WHEN
YOU'RE TRYING TO RECRUIT PEOPLE
FROM L A TO COME UP NORTH, AND
THERE'S NO HOUSING 1% HOUSING AS
YOU SAID, AND NO PLACE FOR
PEOPLE TO SLEEP. WELL, I'LL TAG
TEAMING WITH THE PROVOST WOULD
SAY ONLY INTENTIONALITY WITH OUR
PLANNING. UM, THIS ISN'T JUST,
UH. LOOK, IF YOU WILL, UM, I
THINK THE STRATEGIC EFFORTS AND
RYAN KIND OF ALLUDED TO THAT.
INITIALLY OUR INVESTMENTS WERE
VERY STRATEGIC. WHEN WE EMBARKED
ON THIS PROJECT IN THE
INVESTMENT WE MADE, UH IN A FEW
WAYS AND BRAND AWARENESS FOR
WHAT THIS MEANT FOR OUR CAMPUS,
SO WE LOOKED AT DATA. UM
THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND BEYOND
, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE
MARKETING STRATEGICALLY TO
PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND PARENTS
IN A WAY THAT DIDN'T UNDERMINE
OUR PEERS AS SISTERS AND THE CSU
THAT ARE PROBABLY AS WELL BUT
SPOKE AUTHENTICALLY TO US. AND
THE PROGRAMS WE WERE ADDING TO
GIVE CREDIT TO MY COLLEAGUE HERE
. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME AND
LIKELY OVER 10 YEARS AND SHE CAN
SWAT IT WITH VIRTUALLY IF I'M
OFF HERE, BUT THAT WE'VE ADDED
NEW PROGRAMS AT THIS RATE. UM
AND WE'RE JUST SPEAKING OF ALL
23, BUT THERE ARE MORE PROGRAMS
COMING OUT OF THAT THOSE
PROGRAMS ARE DIRECTLY CONNECTED
TO WORKFORCE. THE OTHER PIECES.
WE HAVE A ROLE RE MOMENT
MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT'S BEEN
TOGETHER FOR YEARS. PREDATING
ARE PROBABLY PLANNING THAT WORKS
ON THIS NUMBER ON A MONTHLY
BASIS AND HAS REALLY IN DEPTH
DATA WITH OUR INSTITUTIONAL
ASSESSMENT AND RESEARCH TEAM TO
ASSESS UM AND COME UP WITH
PARAMETERS AROUND THEIR PLANNING
AND NOT ONLY INFORMS AND
PROJECTIONS FOR ENROLLMENT BUT
FISCAL PLANNING AS WELL. UM
ALONG THE WAY, AND THEN I WOULD
SAY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AND I'LL
PASS IT TO AGENDA. I'M CERTAIN
SHE HAS MORE TO ADD ONTO IT.
ENROLLMENT TEAM HAS DONE AN
INCREDIBLE JOB, BUT I KNEW
MOMENT. BP ENHANCING OUR YIELD
WORK WITH ENHANCED COMMUNICATION
, OUTREACH AND OUTREACH. UM
EVENTS, ETCETERA AND EVEN
DOUBLING DOWN ON DATA FROM THAT
TO, UM ENSURE WE HAVE A STRONGER
CONFIDENCE IN THAT HOUSING. UM
WE'VE ACTUALLY COMMUNICATED OUT
IF NOT TODAY, ALREADY. IT'LL BE
TOMORROW TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS
AND PARENTS ABOUT PLANS FOR
HOUSING IS FOR THE FALL SO THAT
WE THINK WE HAVE THAT WE HAVE
THAT ADDRESS. WE'VE ALWAYS HAD
THAT ADDRESS. UM AND WE'LL
CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT UNTIL
OUR NEW HOUSING IS ONE BOARD IN
KUALA 25, JENNA. SURE IF YOU
HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT
YEAH, THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD
IS TO REITERATE WHAT UM, VP
GORDON MENTIONED IS THAT OUR
ACADEMIC WHY? WE THINK STUDENTS
ARE GOING TO COME. OUR
PROJECTIONS HAVE BEEN PRETTY ON
POINT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS. UM, AND THE ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE LAUNCHED AND
THAT WE'RE LAUNCHING IN 2023 OR
IN, UM STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WITH
WHERE THERE ARE HUGE WORKFORCE
NEEDS AND WHERE THEIR STUDENT
INTEREST SO THEY'RE INCREDIBLY
STRATEGIC, AND THAT SHOWS
THEMSELVES AND THE APPLICANTS WE
HAVE WELL NORTH OF 1200
APPLICANTS AND MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING OUR HEAD COUNT THIS
PAST. UM THIS PAST FALL FOR THE
ENTIRE CAMPUS WAS 5858 STUDENTS
, SO JUST TO SHOW YOU, OUR
MARINE BIOLOGY PROGRAM HAS
APPLICANTS OF OVER 700 STUDENTS
, SO WE WERE VERY STRATEGIC, UM
AND OFFERING THESE PROGRAMS AND
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SEEING THESE
HUGE HUGE RISES AND THE BRAND
MARKETING CAMPAIGN AND REALLY
REINTRODUCING THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA AND REALLY THE NATION
TO OUR CAMPUS HAS RENEWED
INTEREST IN SOME OF OUR OTHER
REALLY STRONG ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
LIKE ART. FILM AND POLITICAL
SCIENCE. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND
THAT THE ISSUE WITH WITH HOUSING
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR AGENDA AND
YOUR HAND OUT, SO I GUESS IF IN
2015 BASICALLY 2017. YOU WERE AT
ABOUT 8000 FOR FTS. AND THEN
JUST BEFORE THE PANDEMIC, HE
WENT DOWN. COUPLE 1000, THEN A
COUPLE OF 1000 MORE NEW BOTTOM
THAT LIKE JUST OVER FIVE. SO HOW
IS IT THAT IF YOU HAVE AS THE
SPEAKER, SAID 1. VACANCY RATE
FOR YOUR RENTAL MARKET. HOW ARE
YOU GOING TO INCREASE BY SEVERAL
1000 STUDENTS? WITHOUT HOUSING.
HOW DOES THAT WORK? WITHOUT
SPECIFICALLY OUR PLANS WITH RICH
HOUSING TO SUPPORT THAT. NO, I
MEAN, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING
HE'S SAYING IS THAT HOUSING
SHORTAGE UP THERE? I DO HEAR
THAT THE ECONOMY UP THERE IS
TAKING BECAUSE OF THE OTHER
INDUSTRY OF THEIR CANNABIS. IT'S
JUST REALLY STRUGGLING NOW. BUT
I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU
HAVE 1% VACANCY RATES FOR
HOUSING THERE IN HUMBLED AND
YOU'RE YOU'RE 3000 ROUGHLY
STUDENTS BELOW WHERE YOU WERE AT
IN 2016 17. AND YOU WENT TO
INCREASE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF
YEARS BY UPWARDS OF 4 TO 5000
STUDENTS. SO HOW DO THESE 4 TO
5000 PEOPLE? SURVIVE WHERE THEY
GO WHEN THEY GO UP THERE, AND
YOU HAVE THE COMMUNITY WITH 1%
VACANCY AND NOT ENOUGH STUDENT
HOUSING. I WOULD SAY IT'S A
MULTIFACETED APPROACH ACT, MIKE
TO SPEAK ON THIS AS WELL. I'M A
FEW MILLION THE COMMUNITY.
ARCADIA HAS TAKEN SOME PROACTIVE
EFFORTS AROUND 12 YEAR GATEWAY
AREA PLANNING. PART OF THIS IS
BECAUSE OF PROBABLY HUMBLED PART
OF THIS BECAUSE OF NEW WORKFORCE
IS COMING INTO THE COMMUNITY. UM
AND THERE ARE HOUSING MEET. UM,
SO IT'S TWOFOLD. I THINK ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT'S HAPPENED AND,
UH, PART OF GATEWAY PLANNING AND
JUST I WOULD SAY OUR LEADERSHIP
TEAM AND PRESIDENT JACKSON.
WE'VE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF
GALVANIZING, UM, INTEREST FROM
OTHERS TO EXPAND HOUSING IN THE
COMMUNITY. UM, THAT'S GONNA HELP
US. SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS
INTERNALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM
, PLANNING OF WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO DO IN OUR PORTFOLIO. BUT WITH
SOME OF THESE OTHER DEVELOPERS
WANTED TO YOU FROM A PRIVATE
PERSPECTIVE THAT'S GONNA ADVANCE
HOUSING TO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE JUST SO
IF I CAN, PROBABLY HUMBOLDT. WE
KNOW THAT. UM AND AS WE SAID IN
THE SHORT TERM, WE'RE COMMITTED
TO THE BRIDGE HOUSING AS WELL
AND HAVE PLANS TO WORK ON A
PHASED APPROACH TO GROW THAT
WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR OUR
DORMITORIES, INVENTORY ON CAMPUS
TO EXPAND AND EVOLVE, UM THE
LAST THING WE'RE WORKING ON IS
INVESTING, I WOULD SAY INVESTING
MORE RESOURCES IN THE HOUSING.
AH INTO STRENGTHENING OUR BASE
BETWEEN CAMPUS AND THE COMMUNITY
. UM, PROPERTY MANAGERS AND, UM
OWNERS. TO MAKE IT SEAMLESS TO
CONNECT STUDENTS WHO DO NOT
DESIRE ON CAMPUS HOUSING OR ANY
EVENT THAT THERE IS NO MORE ON
CAMPUS HOUSING IS A CLEAR
PATHWAY TO HOUSING AS WELL. AND
I JUST KNOW NOT ONLY JUST WITH
THE INVENTORY. PART OF THE
CHALLENGES WAS THE CONDITION OF
THE HOUSING. SO EVEN IF IT'S 1%
OR WHATEVER IT IS, THE
CONDITIONS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
SUITABLE FOR STUDENTS AND I HAVE
TO CREDIT OUR CITY COUNCIL
MEMBERS. FOR RECENTLY, UH,
PASSING SOME LEGISLATION THAT'S
GOING TO HELP THEM PROVIDE MORE
ACCOUNTABILITY, TOO MUCH SURE
THAT ITS OWNERS ARE TAKING
BETTER CARE OF THEIR PROPERTIES
, NOT JUST FOR OUR STUDENTS, BUT
THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE THAT
ARE RENTING THEM. THEN YOU HAVE
SOMEONE PROBLEMS, CAP SCUSE ME.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ALSO ADD
. IT'S A COMBINATION OF FACTORS
. IT'S THE BRIDGE HOUSING UNTIL
WE ARE ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR
PERMANENT HOUSING. SO THAT'S YOU
KNOW, REMIND US AGAIN. WE DON'T
HAVE THE HOUSING AGENDA HERE
FROM TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT HOW MANY
UNITS WERE IN THE QUEUE FOR
HUMBLE TO BUILD WITH HELP FROM
THE FUNDING FROM OUR UM ZERO
INTEREST LOAN AND THAT GRANT
FUNDING YEAH, I CAN HAVE MY
CANCER THAT QUESTION. UM YEAH,
I'LL GET TO THE OTHER PART A
MINUTE. GO AHEAD, MIKE. SURE
QUITE SIMPLY, YOU KNOW THE
BRIDGE HOUSING GETS US TO 2025
2025 DELIVERS NEARLY 1000 BEDS
FOR OUR STUDENTS RIGHT THERE
AFTER IN 26, WE HAVE ON DECK.
ANOTHER 500 BEDS, UM, AND A
POSSIBLE 200 BED COMPLEX THAT
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TO DELIVER
IN THAT SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. AND
THEN RIGHT AFTER THAT IN AROUND
27 28. WE'RE LOOKING AT A LARGER
DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD
ACCOMMODATE UP TO 2000.
ADDITIONAL BEDS THAT GIVES US
NEAR TOTAL 4000. IN ADDITION TO
EXISTING 2000 BED STOCK, THAT IS
OUR GOAL, OKAY? YES MAYBE YOU
KEEP TALKING, MICHAEL, YOU HAVE
THE HOUSING ANSWERS HERE. THAT
WAS KIND OF LOOKING FOR. SO IF
YOU LOOK OUT TO 2025, YOU'RE
POTENTIALLY GOING UP. TO, YOU
KNOW. BASELINE AT 10,000
STUDENTS, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH
DOUBLE WERE WHERE WE WERE AT.
LAST YEAR. UM IN 21. SO YOU'RE
YOU'RE SAYING THAT JUST WOULD
THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK AND
WITH THE HOUSING THAT THE
UNIVERSITIES BUILDING THE CSU
HUMBLE, NOT JUST PRIVATE,
HYPOTHETICAL. BUILDING THAT
THERE WILL BE ENOUGH TO PASS IT
E TO MAKE THIS CALL. POLLY. I'M
SORRY. APOLLO? YEAH, HUMBLED
WORK. UM IT'S NOT JUST US
CONTROLLING OUR DESTINY, EITHER,
WHICH WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, SO
I THINK THE QUICK UNDER THE
QUICK ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS
YES. WE ARE RELYING ON OUR
COMBINED IMPROVEMENT AND
PERMANENT HOUSING SOLUTIONS
ALONG WITH PRIVATELY, UM ENACTED
DEVELOPMENTS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT
NOW, UM, TO DELIVER AND EXPAND
THE ACCESS FOR OUR STUDENT
POPULATION AND WORKFORCE THAT'S
BEING BUILT UP HERE AMONGST
OTHER INDUSTRIES THAT ARE
EMERGING, ARE THERE. ARE THERE
PRIVATE DEVELOPERS THAT ARE
BUILDING MULTI FAMILY HOUSING.
AROUND THE UNIVERSITY, I WOULD
THINK WOULD BE ATTRACTIVE
BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS
THIS BIG INFUSION OF STATE MONEY
TO MAKE A CAL POLY UP THERE. SO
IS THAT HAPPENING AS WELL IN
PART OF THE EQUATION. THE SHORT
ANSWER IS YES, THE MORE COLOR ON
THAT IS. IT'S NOT JUST AROUND
ARCADIA IN OUR IN OUR COMMUNITY
HERE IN, UM JUST AROUND THE
CAMPUS. IT'S ALSO EUREKA. IT'S
ALSO MCKINLEY VILLE, WHICH IN
YOU KNOW, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF
THINGS AREN'T VERY FAR FROM
CAMPUS EITHER. UM BUT WE'RE ONE
CATALYST FOR REGIONAL EXPANSION
OF HOUSING NEED. WE DO HAVE A
POPULATION THAT'S GROWING. IT IS
A ATTRACTIVE POPULATION,
ESPECIALLY FOR PRIVATE HOUSING.
BUT IN ADDITION, THERE ARE OTHER
INDUSTRIES THAT ARE BEING SET
UP. AND SO THE MARKETPLACE THAT
IS HUMBLE. FOR NEW HOUSING IS
LUCRATIVE. IT'S EXCITING, AND
WE'RE GETTING MORE INTEREST FROM
OUT OF TOWN DEVELOPERS WHO ARE
MAKING AN IMPACT. OKAY? YEAH,
JUST MAYBE ONE MORE QUESTION. SO
THEY MADE IT JUST A CURIOSITY.
SO I READ IT. I THINK IT CAN'T
MATTER STORIES IN THE CHRONICLE,
TOO, AND THERE WAS A PODCAST ON
CAPITAL PUBLIC RADIO JUST ABOUT
HUMBLED AND ABOUT HOW THE
ECONOMY IS JUST THANKING THERE.
AND THE PEOPLE. THE CAFES AND
RESTAURANTS ARE WORKING A THIRD
OF THE HOURS THEY USED TO THEY,
YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE OF THE
MASSIVE DROP IN UM, CANNABIS
REVENUE UP THERE BECAUSE WHEN
THEY LEGALIZE IT ALL THAT
WAREHOUSES DOWN HERE ESSENTIALLY
TOOK A LOT OF THE STEAM OUT THE
INDUSTRY UP THERE SO THIS. THIS
IS THIS IS THE REALITY THAT THEY
THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPACTING. UM
THIS. OUR UNIVERSITY PLAN OR
THERE. IS IT A DIFFERENT REGION?
I MIGHT, I MIGHT, YOU KNOW,
CONFUSING THE TWO YEAH. TREAT IF
YOU DON'T MIND. I'D LIKE TO JUST
CHIME IN FOR A QUICK ONE HERE.
UM YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN IN THE
COMMUNITY NOW, FOR 20 YEARS. I'M
A SAN DIEGO TRANSPLANT. I'VE HAD
THE VERY GOOD FORTUNE OF MAKING
THIS MY HOME. AND I HAVE A SMALL
BUSINESS IN TOWN, TOO. SO I'M A
BIT ATTACHED TO THAT. THAT
COMMENT AS YOU AS YOU LAID IT
OUT. AND WHAT I'LL TELL YOU IS
THAT THE REGION HAS GONE THROUGH
A HUGE TRANSITION. FROM LUMBER
TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO CANNABIS
FOR QUITE SOME TIME WHEN IT
WASN'T LEGALIZED AND THEN
LEGALIZATION AND CERTAINLY
THAT'S PART OF THE STORY. BUT
WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TRANSITION
IS SOMETHING NEW AT HUMBOLDT BAY
. EUREKA THE UM UNINCORPORATED
TOWNS OF MCKINLEY VILLE. UM ARE
KEDAH, YOU KNOW, HAVE GOING
TOGETHER OVER THE PAST FIVE
YEARS AND CERTAINLY THROUGH THE
PANDEMIC GALVANIZED THAT THAT
TOGETHERNESS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
IS THE FUTURE OF HUMBLE AND
TOGETHER WE PURSUED AS OUR
INDUSTRIES. SUCH AS WIND, SUCH
AS HIGH SPEED CABLE NETWORKS, UM
ON ON ON LAND, FISH FARMING AND
OTHER FISHING AND BAY RELATED
RESOURCES AND HAVE TRIED TO
TRANSITION THIS REGION.
INNOCENT, TIRED E. THE MESSAGE
AROUND. CANNABIS IS AN ACUTE
ONE, AND IT IS ONE THAT IS VERY
SALIENT, BUT IT'S A VERY SMALL
PART OF HOW THIS REGION IS
TRYING TO REBRAND AND REFORM
ITSELF. OKAY. THANK YOU. FOR THE
GEOGRAPHY LESSON. I'M LOOKING AT
THE MAP RIGHT HERE. LEARNING OF
ABOUT THE PLACE OF CALIFORNIA
THAT I HAVE NEVER BEEN, UM, MR
FONG. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MR
CHAIR. SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE A
FIELD TRIP COMING UP HERE TO
CHECK OUT A NEW CAMP. A GREAT
CAMPUS, BUT THANK YOU TO THE
PRESENTATION FROM THE CSU HUMBLE
TEAM FOR AH! THIS INFORMATION.
THANK YOU FOR THE HANDOUT AS
WELL. THIS IS, UM UM, UH, TO
HAVE A 91% INCREASE IN ADMITS TO
HAVE 75% INCREASE IN APPLICANTS.
IT'S A PRETTY ROBUST AND THAT'S
TREMENDOUS WORK ACROSS. AH, THE
CAMPUS AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE
NEW PROGRAMS HERE ON THIS CAMPUS
AS WELL AS WE LOOK AT THIS ISSUE
AS A WHOLE, BUT SPECIFICALLY ON
THE HUMBLE CAMPUS ON THIS
PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, AND
THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION,
ALSO IN THE 964 BEDS BY AUGUST
OF 2025 TO HEAR ABOUT THE
PARTNERSHIPS THERE. I ALSO HAVE
HEARD FROM CONSTITUENTS IN MY
DISTRICT WHO ACTUALLY HAVE
CHILDREN AT CAL POLY HUMBOLDT,
SO THIS IS A VERY TIMELY
PRESENTATION. SO MY FIRST
QUESTION IS OUR ONLY FIRST YEAR,
STUDENTS GUARANTEED HOUSING
CURRENTLY. HOUSING IS NOT JUST
LIMITED TO FIRST YEAR STUDENTS.
WE'RE STILL HONORING STUDENTS AS
WE SHIFT. UM. AND DEMAND TO
RETURNERS AND, UM FIRST YEAR
STUDENTS. SO FOR, UM. IN TERMS
OF THE CURRENT HOUSING NEED. SO
WHAT PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS LIVE
ON CAMPUS IN WHICH LIVE OFF
CAMPUS. SOUNDS LIKE THOSE ROBUST
PROGRAM FOR HOUSING NAVIGATORS
AND ALSO WORKING WITH DIFFERENT
PROPERTY MANAGERS, BUT JUST WANT
TO GET A BETTER SENSE AS TO THE
CURRENT SITUATION. I DON'T HAVE
THE EXACT NUMBERS FROM OUR STUDY
. BUT I CAN TELL YOU ON TOP OF
MY HEAD ON CAMPUS. I KNOW WE
HAVE A APPROXIMATELY UM, 2069
BEDS. WE'VE EXPANDED AT A BIT,
AND WE HAVE 93 HEADED TO THAT
OFF CAMPUS OR INVENTORIES WELL
OVER 2100 WITH CAMPUS HOUSING. I
DON'T HAVE THE DATA IN FRONT OF
ME AND THE EXACT NUMBER WHO'S IN
OFF CAMPUS HOUSING BUT CAN
PROVIDE THAT. CAN GET THAT TO
YOU. UNLESS ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES
HAVE THAT DATA REALLY AVAILABLE.
I DON'T HAVE THE SPECIFIC DATA
RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I'D BE
HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT. THANK
YOU. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AND IN
TERMS OF THE TO FOLLOW UP AND
SHARE MCCARTY'S POINT ON THE
FANS AND THE GRANTS AND THE
REVOLVING LOAN FUND. WAS THAT
INSTRUMENTAL IN FINANCING THE
NEW HOUSING PROJECTS ON THE
CAMPUS. THE INITIAL ONE TIME
FUNDING OF THE 4 33 AND THE
PACKAGE THAT WAS BEHIND THE
BREAKDOWN OF THAT WAS ABOUT 220
MILLION TOWARDS HOUSING SPECIFIC
PROJECTS. WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO USE
THAT TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS.
ONE IS TO FINANCE A BIT OF THAT
, UH, THAT THAT HOUSING
PORTFOLIO TO EXPAND THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT AND EXPAND THE ACCESS
WELL BEYOND THE 2 20. SO THAT
GIVES THE ABILITY TO SERVICE
MORE DEBT. ESSENTIALLY IT'S OUR
BIGGER DOWN PAYMENT AND SECOND
TO THAT, BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH A
LARGE ONE TIME INFUSION WERE
ABLE TO CONTROL COSTS OF
STUDENTS. WE DON'T HAVE TO
INCREASE OUR COST AND HOUSING AS
MUCH AS SOME OTHERS DO TO MAKE
THOSE THESE PROJECTS PENCIL ON
THEIR OWN, RIGHT. UM AND SO THE
ONE TIME INFUSIONS HAVE BEEN
ABSOLUTELY INSTRUMENTAL TO
DELIVERING. AFFORDABLE AND, UM,
QUANTITY DRIVEN SOLUTIONS. THANK
YOU. AND THEN, THANKS FOR ALSO
THE CONTEXT ON THE FIRST YEAR
STUDENTS TO TRANSFER STUDENTS
GET GUARANTEED HOUSING. WE OFFER
HOUSING, TWO FRESHMEN RETURNERS
AND TRANSFERS RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE
GOING THROUGH THIS TRANSITION.
UM ACCESSIBILITY IS MODIFYING AS
WE'RE GOING INTO FALL OF 2023,
BUT A HOUSING PORTFOLIO WAS ABLE
TO SUPPORT UM ALL. AND WHAT'S
THE CURRENT SHORTAGE BETWEEN THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS AND A NUMBER
OF HOUSING BEDS? HOLD THAT NOT
TO DO THE MATH REALLY QUICK. YOU
KNOW WHAT WE'RE PROJECTING GOING
INTO FALL OF 23 IS A SHORTAGE OF
450 BEDS. WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING
FOR BRIDGE HOUSING. OKAY. SOUNDS
RIGHT DEMAND. SOUNDS LIKE WHAT
THE INCREASED DEMAND OF THE
PROGRAMS HERE AND WITH THE
INFRASTRUCTURE BEING BUILT OUT,
UM YEAH. PLEASE KEEP US POSTED
ON HOW WE CAN, UH ON THESE
ISSUES GOING FORWARD INTO THOSE
ISSUES THAT WE CAN BE SUPPORTIVE
OF, AND THEN JUST GREAT TO HEAR
THAT THE NEW PROGRAMS AND YOUR
HIRING NEW FACULTY AND ROBUST
PROGRAMS ON DIFFERENT WORKFORCE
TRAINING PROGRAMS. I THINK THIS
IS A AREA THAT AH AH, HUMBLED
HAS DONE TREMENDOUS WORK IN AND
I THINK, UM THE REST OF OUR CSU
SYSTEM IN TERMS OF COLLABORATION
ISSUES THERE WITH SOME
CYBERSECURITY DATA SCIENCE
SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF
ROBUST PROGRAMS THAT ARE GROWING
IN THESE AREAS, AND WE'LL HAVE
TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE THOSE
PARTNERSHIPS UP AND DOWN THIS
SYSTEM. SO THANK YOU TO THE
HUMBLE TEAM. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. JUST TO
NOTE UM, MR FONG, YOU KNOW
DIRECT FLIGHTS UP THERE, AND
IT'S A FIVE HOUR DRIVE. SO
ALRIGHT, CAN WE CARPAL? YEAH.
OKAY? AH THANK YOU. THANKS FOR
THE UPDATE ON CAL POLY POMONA.
THIS WAS A INFORMATIONAL. YEAH I
SAID, COME ON. SORRY, CAL POLY
HUMBLE. YES WE'RE LOOKING AT THE
MAP RIGHT HERE TO, UM UH, THANK
YOU THAT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE
CSU ITEMS FOR TODAY. WE WILL NOW
GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. DON'T SEE
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CHAIR FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO MAKE
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ZERO AT THIS TIME, PRESS ONE AND
ZERO, ONLY ONE TIME. OR YOU WILL
REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THE KILL.
AND MR CHAIR. IT APPEARS THAT WE
HAVE NO ONE WHO SIGNALED THAT
THEY WISH TO SPEAK. OKAY? THANK
YOU FOR THAT WE WILL ADJOURN.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. ABOUT.
OKAY? PEOPLE ARE TALKING.